NGC6243 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC6243 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:28, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:50, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:28, 62° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6243
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6243[1]
UGC 10591[2]
PGC 59161[3]
Position
Right ascension:16h52m [3]
Declination:+23°19' [3]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:14.85 (B) [1]
11.43 (J) [1]
10.65 (H) [1]
10.33 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sa

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