NGC6830 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC6830 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:53 (EDT), 34° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:08, 71° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 61° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6830
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Object type
Open cluster
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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 |
Sources