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NGC6351
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:19:10.9
Declination: +36:3:36
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 15.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1879
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, fainter than p one
Sub-type: P?
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6351 is a double galaxy with two stars superposed. Stephan saw it as just
a single nebula, but commented on its surface brightness in a roundabout way:
"Very faint, extremely small; fainter than [NGC 6349], but a little less
small." There is no hint in this observation that he resolved any of the
individual objects, so I have included them all under the NGC number.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6351
17.5" (8/1/89): very faint, very small, slightly elongated ~N-S. Two very faint mag 15.5 stars are off the south edge. Forms a close pair with NGC 6349 0.9' W.