NGC6589 (Nebula)

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 , NGC6589 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:22, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:16, 36° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:36, 32° above your southern horizon.

Name NGC6589
Object type Nebula
Other names
NGC 6589[1]
LBN 46[2]
VdB 118[3]
Position
Right ascension:18h16m [1]
Declination:−19°46' [1]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:10.50 (B) [1]
Angular dimensions:4.0 arcmin x 3.0 arcmin

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