NGC 6049
NGC 6049 is a single star in the constellation Snake ( right ascension : 16:05: 37.8; declination : +08: 05: 48). It was discovered on April 24, 1830 by John Herschel during an observation with an 18-inch reflecting telescope, during which the latter noted "A * 7m which I am strongly incline [sic] to think has a nebulous atmosphere about 2 arcmin in diameter", mistakenly mistaken for a galaxy and thus got an entry in the catalog.
Web links
- NGC 6049. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Courtney Seligman: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
- Hartmut Frommert: Revised NGC Data for NGC 6049. SEDS, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).