NGC6280 (Galaxy pair)

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 , NGC6280 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 51° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:15, 62° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:47, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6280
Object type Galaxy pair
Position
Right ascension:17h01m [1]
Declination:+06°39' [1]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:15.50 (B) [1]
11.81 (J) [1]
11.17 (H) [1]
10.89 (K) [1]
Hubble type:E

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