NGC6533
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6533 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:36 (PDT), 31° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:00, 31° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:27, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6533
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for The Lagoon Nebula (M8)
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h03m [1] |
| Declination: | −24°22' [1] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
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