NGC6298
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6298 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:56, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:08, 62° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:34, 61° above your northern 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] |