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NGC6336
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:16:16.5
Declination: +43:49:15
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6336
18" (7/27/03): faint, small, slightly elongated ~N-S or NNW-SSE, 0.7'x0.5'. The outer halo is ill-defined but contains a slightly brighter, rounder core ~15" diameter. Located 2.5' N of mag 10 SAO 46594. Last of 8 galaxies in the NGC 6329/6332 group (5 NGCs).
17.5" (8/1/89): faint, fairly small, elongated ~N-S, small bright core. Last in a group of five NGC galaxies located roughly 50' NW of M92. Located 2.5' N of mag 10 SAO 46594.