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 between 21:55 and 02:52. It will become accessible at around 21:55, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:23, 31° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 02:52 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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