NGC6992 (Supernova remnant)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 60 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC6992 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:58 (EDT), 52° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:04, 79° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:35, 36° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6992
Object type Supernova remnant
Position
Right ascension:20h56m [1]
Declination:+31°44' [1]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:7.00 (B) [1]

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