NGC6299 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6299 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 04:02, 69° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:40 (EDT), 28° above your north-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:45, 68° above your northern horizon.
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Name
NGC6299
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h05m [1] |
| Declination: | +62°27' [1] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 14.90 (B) [1] 11.71 (J) [1] 11.00 (H) [1] 10.76 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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