NGC6585 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC6585 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:20, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:38, 88° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:39, 88° above your southern horizon.

Name NGC6585
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6585[2]
UGC 11159[3]
PGC 61553[4]
Position
Right ascension:18h12m [4]
Declination:+39°37' [4]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:13.49 (B) [2]
11.14 (J) [2]
10.49 (H) [2]
10.27 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sbc
Distance:33.9 Mpc
110.5 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-19.16

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