The right ascension (longitude) is the angular distance of an object along the celestial equator from the March Equinox. As a rough guide, the March Equinox is located in the constellation of Pisces. If the number is negative, it is "west" of the March Equinox.The declination (latitude) ...
and inA.N.4136 Barnard refers to it as NGC 6302, and shows and describes the complex (supposedly triple) nature of the object in detail. Despite this, it appears to be a common error to presume that the object was unknown until the publication of the NGC in 1888, or studied in any ...