NGC6991 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 23 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6991 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:53 (PDT), 63° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:53, 76° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:09, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6991
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h54m [2] |
| Declination: | +47°27' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Distance: | 700.0 parsec 2282.0 lightyrs [1] |
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