NGC6798 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC6798 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:42 (EDT), 59° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:12, 51° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6798
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 6798[1]
UGC 11434[2]
PGC 63171[3]
Position
Right ascension:19h24m [3]
Declination:+53°37' [3]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:14.45 (B) [1]
10.40 (J) [1]
9.69 (H) [1]
9.40 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0

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