NGC6401 (Globular cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

Show information for


From South El Monte , NGC6401 is visible between 21:18 and 02:18. It will become accessible at around 21:18, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:48, 32° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 02:18 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6401
Object type Globular cluster
Position
Right ascension:17h38m [2]
Declination:−23°54' [2]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:10.71 (V) [2]
11.31 (B) [2]
Distance:10.5 kpc
34.2 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.60
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-4.40

Share