NGC 6307
DSS image of NGC 6307
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 6307, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 6307

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  12.9
Size  1.3' x 1' @ 145°
Right Ascension  17h 7' 40.6"  (2000)
Declination  60° 45' 3" N
Constellation  Draco
Description  vF, vS, lE, *13 nr N
Classification  SBO-a Ring
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
May 30, 2017    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Nice object, oblong 2'x1' with a star just visible off the long end giving the obvious nickname 'exclamation point nebulae', bright, small, stellar nucleus bright and conspicuous
Other Data Sources for NGC 6307
Nearby objects for NGC 6307
11 objects found within 120'
IC 1240 IC 1248 NGC 6290
NGC 6291 NGC 6292 NGC 6295
NGC 6297 NGC 6298 NGC 6299
NGC 6306 NGC 6310
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NGC 6307