NGC6988 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6988 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (PDT), 43° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:21, 66° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:02, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6988
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h55m [1] |
| Declination: | +10°30' [1] |
| Constellation: | Delphinus |
| Magnitude: | 14.81 (B) [1] 12.09 (J) [1] 11.38 (H) [1] 11.18 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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