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NGC6330

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:15:44.4
Declination: +29:24:15
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6330

17.5" (8/1/89): very faint, fairly small, edge-on N-S.  A mag 15 star is just off the NE end 35" from center.  Located 4.8' SSE of mag 8.5 SAO 84956.