NGC6138

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R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , NGC6138 is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:35 (EST), 28° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 54 minutes after the Sun at 21:17 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 02:27 – 4 hours and 39 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 25° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:54.

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Name NGC6138
Object type Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC6363
Position
Right ascension:17h22m [2]
Declination:+41°06' [2]
Constellation:Hercules
Distance:136.0 Mpc
443.4 Mlyr [1]
Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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