NGC6700 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC6700 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (PDT), 82° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:55, 88° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:31, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6700
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6700[1]
UGC 11351[2]
PGC 62376[3]
Position
Right ascension:18h46m [3]
Declination:+32°16' [3]
Constellation:Lyra
Magnitude:14.12 (B) [1]
10.73 (J) [1]
10.02 (H) [1]
9.80 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBc

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