NGC6368 (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 , NGC6368 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 51° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:37, 67° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:21, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6368
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6368[2]
UGC 10856[3]
PGC 60315[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h27m [4]
Declination:+11°32' [4]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:13.55 (B) [2]
10.16 (J) [2]
9.48 (H) [2]
9.19 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sb
Distance:34.5 Mpc
112.5 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-19.14

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