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NGC6431

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

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

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1870
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

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

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6431 = NGC 6427.  Stephan misidentified his comparison star.  Though he
claims to have used BD +25 3330, the star he actually used is BD +25 3327.
Applying his offsets to this star lead to a position within an arcsecond of
the modern position for the galaxy.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6431

See observing notes for NGC 6427.