NGC6120 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC6120 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:17 (PDT), 77° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:18, 86° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:07, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6120
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6120[1]
UGC 10343[2]
PGC 57842[3]
Position
Right ascension:16h19m [3]
Declination:+37°46' [3]
Constellation:Corona Borealis
Magnitude:14.31 (B) [1]
11.48 (J) [1]
10.79 (H) [1]
10.47 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sb

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