NGC6561 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6561 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:13 (PDT), 30° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:25, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:35, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6561
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h10m [2] |
| Declination: | −16°43' [2] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Distance: | 3.4 kpc 11.1 klyr [1] |
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