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NGC6306
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:7:36.9
Declination: +60:43:45
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, lE
Sub-type: SBab/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6306
17.5" (6/18/88): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated ~N-S, bright core. Forms a close pair with NGC 6307 1.4' NE.