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NGC6338
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:15:22.6
Declination: +57:24:41
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, vglbM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6338
18" (7/12/07): brightest in a compact group of 7 galaxies (WBL 636) viewed within a 10' circle. At 262x, appears fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.4', broad weak concentration. A 22" pair of mag 13 stars lies 2' N. Forms a close pair with MCG +10-24-117 just 1.2' N (sandwiched between NGC 6338 and the pair of stars). The companion is very faint, small, round, 20" diameter. Other members include NGC 6345 3.6' S, NGC 6346 5.3' S and IC 1252 4.5' SE.
17.5" (6/18/88): fairly faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, broad concentration. Brightest in a group with NGC 6345 4' S and NGC 6346 6' S in field.