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NGC6307

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:7:40.4
Declination: +60:45:2
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1861
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, lE, * 13 nr n
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6307

17.5" (6/18/88): fairly faint, small, elongated NNW-SSE, bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is at the north end 0.5' from center.  Forms a close pair with NGC 6306 1.4' SW.