NGC6586 (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 , NGC6586 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:11 (PDT), 59° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:16, 77° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:24, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6586
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6586[2]
UGC 11164[3]
PGC 61600[4]
Position
Right ascension:18h13m [4]
Declination:+21°05' [4]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:14.54 (B) [2]
11.30 (J) [2]
10.64 (H) [2]
10.32 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sab
Distance:37.2 Mpc
121.3 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-18.31

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