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NGC6399
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:31:50.4
Declination: +59:36:56
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6399
18" (7/30/08): faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, 25"x20", sharply concentrated with a very small bright nucleus. NGC 6394 (generally listed as NGC 6393) lies 11' WNW. An extremely faint mag 16.7B companion was glimpsed a couple of times 54" NNE.
17.5" (6/18/88): faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core, very faint halo SSW-NNE. Forms a pair with NGC 6393 11.3' WNW.