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NGC6303

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:5:2.8
Declination: +68:49:40
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, mE, nearly bet 2 st
Sub-type: E4

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6303 is half a degree north of Swift's position.  The galaxy there (CGCG
321-013) matches his description, and his note "... nearly between 2 stars" 
fits, too.  Though I've not checked all the history on this object, I think 
that CGCG is the first to suggest the identity.

Bigourdan's observation, mentioned in the IC2 notes, is for a star 36 seconds
east and 1.3 arcmin north of Swift's nominal position.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6303

17.5" (7/9/88): very faint, small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, weak concentration.