NGC6697 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6697 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (PDT), 63° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:53, 81° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:11, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6697
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h45m [3] |
| Declination: | +25°30' [3] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 14.46 (B) [1] 10.40 (J) [1] 9.68 (H) [1] 9.44 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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