NGC6146 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC6146 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:53 (EDT), 27° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:46, 88° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:28, 70° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6146
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:16h25m [1]
Declination:+40°53' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:12.52 (V) [1]
13.51 (B) [1]
10.45 (J) [1]
9.75 (H) [1]
9.49 (K) [1]
Hubble type:E
B-V Color (mag):0.99

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