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NGC6343

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 17:17:16.2
Declination: +41:3:10
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, lE, nf of 2
Sub-type: C

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6343 13.1" (6/18/85): faint, small, round, compact. Located 12.5' NNE of brighter NGC 6339.