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NGC6318
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:16:13.4
Declination: -39:25:26
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pL, Ri, R, gbM, st 12…14
Sub-type: III2p
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6318. JH gives no RA for this in the sweep, adopting instead an
approximate RA for Dunlop 522. He did measure a north polar distance, and
that is within his usual statistical error of the modern positions. His
description "Cl VII. class. Rich, pL, R, gbM; sts 12...14m; not a [globular]"
is appropriate, though. As there are no other similar clusters at the same
declination in the general area, the identity is not in doubt.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6318
13.1" (7/27/84): large, fairly rich group of stars mag 11 and fainter, fairly prominent, elongated N-S. The NGC RA is 1.6 tmin too far east and this cluster is misplotted on U2000.