NGC6565 (Planetary nebula)

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 , NGC6565 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:07, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:02, 27° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:34, 24° above your southern horizon.

Name NGC6565
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
NGC 6565[1]
PK 003-04.5[2]
PN-G 003.5-04.6
Position
Right ascension:18h11m [1]
Declination:−28°10' [1]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:11.60 (V) [1]
13.20 (B) [1]
Distance:1.3 kpc
4.2 klyr [2]
B-V Color (mag):1.60
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.03

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