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NGC6301

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:8:32.7
Declination: +42:20:21
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, stellar
Sub-type: Sc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6301 = IC 4643, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6301

17.5" (8/1/89): faint, moderately large, oval WNW-ESE.  A mag 13 star is embedded in the SW portion.  Forms a pair with CGCG 225-050 4' SE.  The companion was extremely faint and small, round, weak concentration. 