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NGC6374
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:34:42.2
Declination: -32:34:54
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 5.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, S, P, B * inv
Sub-type: IV3p
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6374 = NGC 6383. JH has only one observation (in Sweep 794) of NGC 6374,
and that is a duplicate of an "Omitted Observation ..." (also in Sweep 794)
for NGC 6383 listed at the end of his CGH Observations. (See also NGC 6222 =
NGC 6259 where the same thing happened.) He has two other observations of
NGC 6383, both on different nights, but with accordant descriptions. In the
sweep, where this is Number 24, JH has written over the original RA with the
corrected RA shown in the list of Omitted Observations. As with NGC 6222, he
added the observation to the Omitted Observations list, but not call out the
incorrect observation for omission. So, it showed up in the GC and the NGC.
In the single observation leading to the NGC number 6374, JH identifies the
bright star in the middle of the cluster as "B[risbane] 6125". I suspect
this is the correct identification, but will have to check. If the number is
correct, then it is SAO 208977 = HD 159176.
In any event, there is no doubt that, due to JH's bookkeeping error, the two
NGC numbers refer to the same cluster.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6374
See observing notes for NGC 6383.