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NGC6300
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:16:59.7
Declination: -62:49:13
Constellation: ARA
Visual Magnitude: 10.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: F, vL, vlE, am st, 2 st inv
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6300
18" (7/11/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): NGC 6300 is a very unusual galaxy at a low galactic latitude with its appearance similar to a fairly large emission nebula in a rich Milky Way star field! It appeared irregular but elongated 5:3 NW-SE, ~3.0'x1.8' with a weak concentration to a slightly brighter core. Two brighter stars (mag 12.5) are superimposed on the core and another two mag 13.5 stars are superimposed near the north and south ends of the halo! These stars confuse the observation of this strange looking galaxy (a dusty barred spiral with ring). Located 9.5' SW of mag 7.6 HD 155797.