NGC6979 (Supernova remnant)

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 , NGC6979 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:02 (PDT), 87° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:11, 87° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:46, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6979
Object type Supernova remnant
Other names
NGC 6979[1]
Pickering's Triangular Nebula
Position
Right ascension:20h50m [1]
Declination:+32°01' [1]
Constellation:Cygnus

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