NGC6568 (Open cluster)

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 , NGC6568 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:18 (PDT), 34° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:18, 34° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:02, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6568
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 6568[2]
Cr 369[3]
Position
Right ascension:18h12m [2]
Declination:−21°37' [2]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:8.60 (V) [3]
Distance:1.0 kpc
3.3 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.40

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