Hello Bill,

Guide 8 more info about this object (drawn as a globular cluster) gives the
following:
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Right ascension: 10h54m56.1s
Declination: +40 27' 59"
GCL 016
Apparent magnitude: 15.0
angular diameter 1.2'
Distance: 5.0 kiloparsecs
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This location is 2 arcmin west of Shakhbazian 1, a very compact cluster of
galaxies. But at that position there is nothing to see, especially not a 15 mag
bright globular cluster. In a german ccd mailing list was discussed a beautiful
image of this compact cluster:

<http://www.westerwald-
astro.de/jjm/galaxien/shk1invers_crop_hp.php?BackPath=galaxien>

Do you know what's the origin of this catalog and especially of this object #016
is? Simbad don't know an object "GCL 16" in it's database.

Clear skies
Bernd

Bernd Brinkmann

Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18
Herne, Germany

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