NGC6644 (Planetary nebula)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6644 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (PDT), 26° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:40, 30° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:01, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6644
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Object type
Planetary nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h32m [1] |
| Declination: | −25°07' [1] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 10.70 (V) [1] 12.20 (B) [1] 11.56 (J) [1] 11.60 (H) [1] 10.63 (K) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.50 |
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