NGC6481 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6481 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 41° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:06, 60° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:30, 22° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6481
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h52m [2] |
| Declination: | +04°10' [2] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Distance: | 1.2 kpc 3.8 klyr [1] |
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