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NGC6379

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:30:35.0
Declination: +16:17:19
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL
Sub-type: Sc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6379.  See NGC 6564.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6379

17.5" (8/1/89): faint, fairly small, round, very diffuse, broad mild concentration, no distinct core.  Located 4.8' E of a mag 10 star.  Member of the NGC 6375 group with NGC 6375 18' WSW.