NGC6760 (Globular cluster)

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 , NGC6760 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:24 (PDT), 53° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:32, 56° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:48, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6760
Object type Globular cluster
Other names
NGC 6760[2]
Mel 219[3]
Position
Right ascension:19h11m [2]
Declination:+01°01' [2]
Constellation:Aquila
Magnitude:9.00 (V) [3]
11.37 (B) [2]
Distance:7.4 kpc
24.1 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):1.59
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-5.35

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