NGC6243 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6243 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:16 (PDT), 52° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:05, 79° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 32° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6243
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Object type
Galaxy
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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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