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NGC6424

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 17:36:12.0
Declination: +69:59:22
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, pS, R
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6424 17.5" (6/11/88): very faint, extremely small, round. Appears as a stellar nucleus with a small, round halo.