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NGC6370
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:23:25.1
Declination: +56:58:30
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, B * nr n
Sub-type: E0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6370. See NGC 6262.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6370
24" (6/30/16): at 324x; moderately bright, fairly small, round, 25"-30" diameter, bright core. Situated just 2.2' SSE of mag 6.5 HD 158013. The extremely low surface brightness outer halo was not seen.
NGC 6370 is the brightest member of a cluster (SDSS-C4-DR3 3375). The Ring Galaxy CGCG 277-42 lies 10' SE. At 324x; fairly faint, small, round, 12" diameter, faint stellar nucleus. The detached outer ring was not seen although the halo occasionally increased in size with averted vision. Forms the northwest vertex of a triangle with a mag 11 star 3.6' S and a mag 11.5 star 3.1' ESE. FGC 2132 is 15' SE. This superthin appeared extremely faint, small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, ~15"x7" (brighter core region). A mag 11.5 star is 3.2' WNW and a mag 13 star is 0.9' NE.
17.5" (6/18/88): fairly faint, small, round, weak concentration. Located 2.2' S of mag 6.6 SAO 30366!