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NGC6394
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:30:21.3
Declination: +59:38:24
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, pS, R, n of 2
Sub-type: SBb
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6394. See NGC 6393.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6394
18" (7/30/08): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.2', very weak concentration. An extremely faint star is off the NNE tip. Located 3.9' SE of mag 8.0 HD 159266, which detracts from viewing. NGC 6393 = MCG +10-25-054 (identified as NGC 6394 in RNGC, MCG and PGC) is located 6.6' SSW. NGC 6399 lies 11' ESE.
17.5" (6/18/88): very faint, fairly small, very elongated SW-NE. Three mag 14/15 stars are near the north end. Located 3.8' SE of mag 8 SAO 30431. Pair with NGC 6399 11.3' ESE.
Note: This galaxy is misidentified as NGC 6393 in all modern catalogues.