NGC6264 (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 , NGC6264 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 00:10, 83° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 35° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6264
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:16h57m [2]
Declination:+27°50' [2]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:15.40 (V) [2]
15.44 (B) [2]
12.39 (J) [2]
11.59 (H) [2]
11.41 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SBb
Distance:144.0 Mpc
469.4 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.04
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.39

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