NGC6479 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC6479 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:33 (EDT), 44° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:47, 70° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6479
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6479[1]
UGC 10996[2]
PGC 60890[3]
Position
Right ascension:17h48m [3]
Declination:+54°08' [3]
Constellation:Draco
Magnitude:14.45 (B) [1]
11.72 (J) [1]
11.08 (H) [1]
10.87 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sc

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