NGC6596 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6596 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:00 (PDT), 34° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:33, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:43, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6596
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h17m [2] |
| Declination: | −16°39' [2] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Distance: | 1.1 kpc 3.6 klyr [1] |
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