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NGC6368

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:27:11.4
Declination: +11:32:35
Constellation: OPH
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, E
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6368

17.5" (6/22/90): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 4:1 SW-NE, broadly concentrated halo.  A mag 14 star is at the SW end 0.9' from center and a mag 15 star is at the NE end 1.5' from center.  The bright double star ·2166 = 7.1/8.9 at 27" lies 14' SE.