NGC6831 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6831 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:45, 64° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:40 (EDT), 15° above your northern horizon.
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Name
NGC6831
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 19h47m [3] |
| Declination: | +59°53' [3] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 14.55 (B) [1] 10.84 (J) [1] 10.13 (H) [1] 9.90 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0 |
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