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NGC6328

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:23:40.9
Declination: -65:0:35
Constellation: ARA
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, vlE, glbM
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6328

14" (4/5/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): fairly faint, fairly small oval NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.5', broad weak concentration to a slightly brighter core.  Mag 8.9 HD 156534 lies 7' NW and a mag 12 star is 1.3' NNW.  The latter has a 14.5 companion at 11" separation.  Situated within a rich Ara star field with numerous mag 12-14 stars.