NGC6343 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6343 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:03 (EDT), 25° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:11, 88° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:16, 77° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6343
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h17m [1] |
| Declination: | +41°03' [1] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 14.51 (B) [1] 11.22 (J) [1] 10.53 (H) [1] 10.23 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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