NGC6579 (Galaxy)

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 , NGC6579 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:14 (PDT), 55° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:39, 77° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:37, 24° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6579
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:18h12m [1]
Declination:+21°25' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:14.28 (B) [1]

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