NGC6298
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6298 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:58, 51° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 25° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6298
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6297
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h03m [2] |
| Declination: | +62°01' [2] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Distance: | 55.6 Mpc 181.3 Mlyr [1] |