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NGC6422

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:36:29.8
Declination: +68:3:30
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, nearly bet 2 st
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6422.  See NGC 6419.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6422

17.5" (6/11/88): faint, very small, round, bright core.  In a compact trio with similar NGC 6420 1.3' WSW and MCG +11-21-014 1' NW.  The MCG was the faintest of the trio and appeared extremely faint, very small, round, even surface brightness.  Located in a group with NGC 6419 6.3' NNW and CGCG 321-023 = PGC 60529 7' WNW.  The CGCG appeared very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 15 star is off the south edge. 