NGC6161 (Galaxy)

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

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From Jacksonville , NGC6161 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:33 (EDT), 82° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:09, 87° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:37, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6161
Object type Galaxy
Part of Hickson 82
Position
Right ascension:16h28m [1]
Declination:+32°48' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:15.62 (B) [1]
12.93 (J) [1]
12.15 (H) [1]
11.78 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S?

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