NGC6006 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6006 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:05 (EDT), 23° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:43, 59° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:15, 45° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6006
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h53m [1] |
| Declination: | +12°00' [1] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 15.30 (V) [2] 15.51 (B) [1] 12.63 (J) [1] 11.98 (H) [1] 11.59 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0-a |