NGC6008 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6008 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:16 (PDT), 63° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:02, 77° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:10, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6008
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h52m [3] |
| Declination: | +21°06' [3] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 14.09 (B) [1] 11.31 (J) [1] 10.53 (H) [1] 10.28 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | Sb |
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