NGC6278 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6278 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 64° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:02, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:15, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6278
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h00m [3] |
| Declination: | +23°00' [3] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 13.75 (B) [1] 9.96 (J) [1] 9.21 (H) [1] 8.99 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0 |
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