NGC6857 (HII region)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6857 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 26° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:35, 89° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:28, 66° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6857
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Object type
HII region
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h01m [1] |
| Declination: | +33°31' [1] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 11.40 (B) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 0.6 arcmin x 0.6 arcmin |
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