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NGC6308

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:11:59.7
Declination: +23:22:46
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, sbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6308

17.5": fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~N-S, diffuse.  A mag 15 star is at the north edge 0.7' from center.  First and largest of three with NGC 6314 11.2' SE.