NGC6323 (Galaxy)

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 , NGC6323 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (PDT), 79° above your northern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:21, 80° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:26, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6323
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6323[2]
UGC 10764[3]
PGC 59868[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h13m [4]
Declination:+43°46' [4]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:14.73 (B) [2]
11.55 (J) [2]
10.85 (H) [2]
10.53 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SBab
Distance:107.0 Mpc
348.8 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.42

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