NGC6623 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC6623 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:45, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:10, 71° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 03:53, 69° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6623
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6623[1]
UGC 11203[2]
PGC 61739[3]
Position
Right ascension:18h19m [3]
Declination:+23°42' [3]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:14.36 (B) [1]
10.16 (J) [1]
9.42 (H) [1]
9.22 (K) [1]
Hubble type:E

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