NGC6469 (Open cluster)

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 , NGC6469 is visible between 21:55 and 03:15. It will become accessible at around 21:55, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:35, 33° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:15 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6469
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 6469[2]
Cr 353[3]
Mel 182[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h53m [2]
Declination:−22°16' [2]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:8.20 (V) [4]
Angular dimensions:9.0 arcmin
Distance:1.1 kpc
3.6 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.01

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