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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

===== 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.