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NGC6296

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:8:44.6
Declination: +3:53:40
Constellation: OPH
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: pB
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6296

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, broad concentration.  On line with mag 7.8 SAO 122127 8.9' SSE and a mag 9 star 4.9' SSE.  Pair with IC 1242 9.3' N.