NGC6542 (Galaxy)

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 , NGC6542 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:16 (PDT), 44° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 48° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6542
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6542[1]
UGC 11092[2]
PGC 61239[3]
Position
Right ascension:17h59m [3]
Declination:+61°21' [3]
Constellation:Draco
Magnitude:13.92 (B) [1]
11.79 (J) [1]
11.40 (H) [1]
11.04 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0-a

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