NGC6882 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6882 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:28 (EDT), 63° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:13, 74° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:51, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6882
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h11m [2] |
| Declination: | +26°29' [2] |
| Constellation: | Vulpecula |
| Magnitude: | 5.70 (V) [4] |
| Distance: | 597.0 parsec 1946.2 lightyrs [1] |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.18 |
Sources