NGC6581 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6581 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (PDT), 70° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:20, 81° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:39, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
NGC6581
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
Right ascension: | 18h12m [1] |
Declination: | +25°39' [1] |
Constellation: | Hercules |
Magnitude: | 15.35 (B) [1] 11.43 (J) [1] 10.73 (H) [1] 10.47 (K) [1] |
Hubble type: | E |
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