NGC6639 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6639 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:20, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:46, 42° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:29, 36° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6639
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h30m [2] |
| Declination: | −13°09' [2] |
| Constellation: | Scutum |
| Distance: | 700.0 parsec 2282.0 lightyrs [1] |
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