NGC6986 (Galaxy)

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 , NGC6986 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:21 (PDT), 23° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:09, 37° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:10, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC6986
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:20h56m [2]
Declination:−18°33' [2]
Constellation:Capricornus
Magnitude:14.72 (B) [2]
11.21 (J) [2]
10.42 (H) [2]
10.14 (K) [2]
Hubble type:E-S0
Distance:100.5 Mpc
327.6 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.29

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