NGC6589 (Nebula)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC6589 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:56 (EDT), 27° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:17, 27° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:17, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western 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]

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