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NGC6380
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:34:28.0
Declination: -39:4:7
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, pS, lE, * 9 att
Sub-type: GCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6380
12" (6/29/02 - Bargo, Australia): faint but not difficult. Appears as a 2' diffuse glow with no concentration. A mag 10 star at the south-southwest edge hampered the observation. Ton 2 is located 37' NE.
13" (5/30/87): extremely faint, small, very low surface brightness, visible only 20% of time with averted. Mag 9.7 HD 159073 is attached 40" SSW of center. Located 36' ESE of Howe 87 = 7.5/8.8 at 3". Failed to find on several previous attempts. This globular, along with NGC 6749, are the two most difficult NGC globulars.