NGC6552 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6552 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 05:39, 56° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 18:15 (EST), 21° above your northern horizon.
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Name
NGC6552
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h00m [3] |
| Declination: | +66°36' [3] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 14.60 (V) [1] 14.54 (B) [1] 11.44 (J) [1] 10.73 (H) [1] 10.32 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SBab |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.06 |
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