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NGC6377

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:25:23.0
Declination: +58:49:22
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, lbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6377.  See NGC 6376.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6377

17.5" (6/18/88): faint, very small, round, small bright core, faint halo.  Forms a contact pair with NGC 6376 35" SW of center.  Located 12' NNW of mag 6.5 SAO 30387.