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NGC6396

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:37:36.2
Declination: -35:1:33
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 8.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, pL, lRi, lC
Sub-type: II3p

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6396.  JH's RA, which he says is for the double star on the northern edge
of the cluster, is 27 seconds too small.  This may be a wire error.  In the 
sweep, he claims wire 1; if he actually used wire 2, then the RA would be
17 37 48 for J2000, just 10 seconds off.

Even if this is not JH's mistake, there is no mistaking the cluster that he
saw on the night of 7 June 1837.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6396

17.5" (6/8/91): consists of a dozen mag 9-13 stars in a small group of 4' diameter.  Includes four stars in a distinctive 2' string oriented NNW-SSE and continuing north a pretty double star (h4966 = 9.8/10.8 at 12") which is oriented E-W.  The brightest star mag 9 SAO 209043 is just off the WSW edge 4' from the center.  Not rich or impressive but stands out well.  Also a large scattered group of fairly bright stars is roughly 20' to the north.