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NGC6327

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 17:14:2.2
Declination: +43:38:56
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, diffic
Sub-type: C

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6327 18" (7/27/03): very faint, small sliver oriented ~NNW-SSE, 0.5'x0.15'. Squeezed between two mag 13/14 stars 0.8' N and 0.6' S with a 3rd mag 13 star 1.6' E. Third of 8 galaxies in a group and situated 3.2' SW of NGC 6329. 17.5" (8/1/89): extremely faint and small, round. Located between a mag 14.5 star at the southern tip 0.6' from center and a mag 13 star 0.8' N of center. Located 3.2' SW of NGC 6329 and the second of five in a group.