NGC6233 (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 , NGC6233 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:16 (PDT), 53° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:03, 79° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 32° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6233
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6233[2]
UGC 10573[3]
PGC 59086[4]
Position
Right ascension:16h50m [4]
Declination:+23°34' [4]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:14.61 (B) [2]
11.07 (J) [2]
10.32 (H) [2]
10.12 (K) [2]
Hubble type:S0
Distance:157.0 Mpc
511.8 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-21.37

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