NGC6505 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC6505 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:45, 66° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:40 (EDT), 27° above your north-eastern horizon.

Name NGC6505
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6505[1]
UGC 11026[2]
PGC 60995[3]
Position
Right ascension:17h51m [3]
Declination:+65°31' [3]
Constellation:Draco
Magnitude:15.28 (B) [1]
11.29 (J) [1]
10.66 (H) [1]
10.29 (K) [1]
Hubble type:E

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