NGC6468
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6468 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (PDT), 68° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:58, 73° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:58, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
NGC6468
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6467
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Position
Right ascension: | 17h50m [2] |
Declination: | +17°32' [2] |
Constellation: | Hercules |
Distance: | 44.9 Mpc 146.4 Mlyr [1] |