NGC6046
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6046 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:52, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:02, 66° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 62° above your south-western horizon.
Name
NGC6046
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6028
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Position
Right ascension: | 16h01m [2] |
Declination: | +19°21' [2] |
Constellation: | Hercules |
Distance: | 81.3 Mpc 265.0 Mlyr [1] |