NGC6883 (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 , NGC6883 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:21 (PDT), 64° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:24, 88° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:08, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6883
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 6883[2]
Cr 415[3]
Position
Right ascension:20h11m [2]
Declination:+35°49' [2]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:8.00 (V) [3]
Distance:1.4 kpc
4.5 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.70

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