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NGC6420

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:36:16.2
Declination: +68:3:9
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, eS, R, v diffic
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6420.  See NGC 6419.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6420

17.5" (6/11/88): very faint, very small, round, bright core.  In a compact trio with NGC 6422 1.3' ENE and MCG +11-21-014 1.3' NNE.  Located 6.3' S of NGC 6419.