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NGC6363

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 17:22:39.9
Declination: +41:6:8
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1879
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: E2

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6363 is also = NGC 6138, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6363 17.5" (8/1/89): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, gradually increases to a small bright core.