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 both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:50 (PST), 23° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, becoming tricky to observe after 18:09 when it dips 21° above your north-western horizon. At 03:45, it will return to an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon, and reach an altitude of 35° before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:46.
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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] |