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NGC6427

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 17:43:38.5
Declination: +25:29:38
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6427 = NGC 6431, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6427 17.5" (8/1/89): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, small bright core, faint extensions. A mag 15 star is just off the SW end 26" from the center and a mag 14.5 star is 36" S of center. Forms a pair with NGC 6429 10.4' SE.