NGC6240 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6240 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 50° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:59, 58° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:18, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6240
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h52m [3] |
| Declination: | +02°24' [3] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 13.27 (V) [1] 13.82 (B) [1] 10.30 (J) [1] 9.46 (H) [1] 9.11 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0-a |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.55 |
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