NGC6559 (Nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 15 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC6559 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (PDT), 31° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:35, 31° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:04, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6559
Object type Nebula
Other names
NGC 6559[1]
LBN 28[2]
Position
Right ascension:18h09m [1]
Declination:−24°06' [1]
Constellation:Sagittarius

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