NGC6446 (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 , NGC6446 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:16 (PDT), 45° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:58, 88° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 47° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6446
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:17h46m [1]
Declination:+35°34' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:15.03 (V) [1]
15.48 (B) [1]
12.45 (J) [1]
11.75 (H) [1]
11.50 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sab
B-V Color (mag):0.45

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