NGC6468

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 , 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
Object type Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6467
Position
Right ascension:17h50m [2]
Declination:+17°32' [2]
Constellation:Hercules
Distance:44.9 Mpc
146.4 Mlyr [1]

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