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NGC6384
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:32:24.2
Declination: +7:3:39
Constellation: OPH
Visual Magnitude: 10.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, vlE
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6384
24" (8/14/15): at 260x; fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE. There are three distinct zones. Towards the center is a sharply concentrated, bright, elongated 2:1 nucleus. The nucleus is surrounded by an oval central region, roughly 1.5'x1.0'. The central region is surrounded by a large, very low surface brightness halo, extending ~4.0'x2.5'. Although spiral structure was not seen, the outer regions were noted as irregular. A mag 12.5 star is on the northeast side of the halo, 1.8' from center, and a mag 13.3 star is 1.3' SE of center.
17.5" (7/20/90): moderately bright with a large core slightly elongated SSW-NNE, broad moderate concentration, large faint halo. Two mag 12 stars are at the SE and NE ends 1.3' and 1.7' from center, respectively.
8" (6/22/81): faint, diffuse, slightly elongated, brighter core.