NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC6317
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:8:59.3
Declination: +62:53:53
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 15.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, S, R, F * nr, sp of 2
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6317
17.5" (7/9/88): extremely faint, small, oval ~E-W, low even surface brightness. A mag 15 star is off the north side 51" from center. Pair with NGC 6319 6.8' NE.