NGC6572 (Planetary nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC6572 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 49° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:10, 54° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:36, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6572
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
The Blue Racquetball
NGC 6572[1]
PK 034+11.1[2]
PN-G 034.6+11.8
Position
Right ascension:18h12m [1]
Declination:+06°51' [1]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:8.10 (V) [1]
9.00 (B) [1]
8.59 (J) [1]
8.82 (H) [1]
7.99 (K) [1]
Distance:420.0 parsec
1369.2 lightyrs [2]
B-V Color (mag):0.90
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.02

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