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NGC 6223
Draco
Penryn, California
June 2006/2010
M 250 @ F 9.3 (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME RGB  15 minute subs (2006), L 10 minutes subs (2010) 

 

NGC 6223 is the type E-SO  galaxy with a mag. 15 surface brightness.    NGC 6223 is partially obscured by galactic dust (0.6x full field image). 

It also appears to have two cores. 

Distance is 263 Mly and if correct this is one large bright galaxy.