NGC6042
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC6042 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:10, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:13, 66° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:25, 61° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6042
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6039
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h04m [2] |
| Declination: | +17°42' [2] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Distance: | 149.5 Mpc 487.4 Mlyr [1] |