NGC6452 (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 , NGC6452 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:17 (PDT), 42° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:49, 76° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 40° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6452
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:17h47m [1]
Declination:+20°50' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:15.10 (B) [1]
12.75 (J) [1]
12.26 (H) [1]
11.87 (K) [1]
Angular dimensions:0.7 arcmin x 0.6 arcmin
Position angle:Major axis 10.0°E of N

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