NGC6226
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC6226 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 03:49, 69° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:45 (EDT), 29° above your north-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:57, 66° above your northern horizon.
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Name
NGC6226
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6202
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h43m [2] |
| Declination: | +61°59' [2] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Distance: | 71.8 Mpc 234.2 Mlyr [1] |