NGC6901 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC6901 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:42 (EDT), 29° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:28, 54° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:55, 41° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6901
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h22m [3] |
| Declination: | +06°25' [3] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 14.83 (B) [1] 11.55 (J) [1] 10.82 (H) [1] 10.48 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SBab |
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