NGC6147 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6147 is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:26 (EST), 30° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 17 minutes after the Sun at 21:32 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 02:20 – 4 hours and 23 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 22° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:31.
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Name
NGC6147
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h25m [1] |
| Declination: | +40°55' [1] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 15.44 (B) [1] 13.40 (J) [1] 12.44 (H) [1] 12.57 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SABb |
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