Type | Galaxy |
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Magnitude | 12.2 |
Size | 0.8' x 0.736' @ 35° |
Right Ascension | 15h 55' 57.4" (2000) |
Declination | 5° 55' 55" N |
Constellation | Serpens |
Description | pB, pL, E |
Classification | SAB0/a |
Harold Corwin
IC 4586 = NGC 6014. This is one of the last nebulae found by Lewis Swift. He gives the RA only to a whole minute of time, though he lists the declination with a precision of a tenth of an arcminute -- it is, however, off by almost six arcminutes.
The identity, first suggested in Carlson's 1940 paper, is assured by Swift's notes about the field: "Between a star 8 following and a curve of stars preceding." NGC 6014 fits that description perfectly.― IC Notes by Harold Corwin
3 Herculis | 43 Serpentis | Epsilon Serpentis |
NGC 6017 | UGC 10041 |
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