NGC6616 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC6616 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:41, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:00, 71° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:22, 70° above your southern horizon.

Name NGC6616
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6616[1]
UGC 11192[2]
PGC 61693[3]
Position
Right ascension:18h17m [3]
Declination:+22°14' [3]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:15.12 (B) [1]
10.50 (J) [1]
9.70 (H) [1]
9.40 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sab

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