NGC6609 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6609 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:45, 70° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:40 (EDT), 22° above your north-eastern horizon.
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Name
NGC6609
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h12m [1] |
| Declination: | +61°19' [1] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 15.24 (B) [1] 11.78 (J) [1] 11.05 (H) [1] 10.74 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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