NGC6830 (Open 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 , NGC6830 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:22 (PDT), 64° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:08, 79° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:21, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6830
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 6830[2]
Cr 406[3]
Mel 224[4]
Position
Right ascension:19h50m [2]
Declination:+23°06' [2]
Constellation:Vulpecula
Magnitude:7.90 (V) [4]
8.41 (B) [2]
Distance:1.6 kpc
5.3 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.51
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.17

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