NGC6664 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6664 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 33° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:35, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:54, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6664
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h36m [1] |
| Declination: | −08°13' [1] |
| Constellation: | Scutum |
| Magnitude: | 7.80 (V) [3] 8.81 (B) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.01 |
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