NGC6046

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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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
Object type Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6028
Position
Right ascension:16h01m [2]
Declination:+19°21' [2]
Constellation:Hercules
Distance:81.3 Mpc
265.0 Mlyr [1]

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