NGC6162 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , NGC6162 will become visible at around 17:37 (EST), 26° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 20:30.

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Name NGC6162

Object type Galaxy

Part of Hickson 82

Other names

NGC 6162^[1]
UGC 10403^[2]
PGC 58238^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	16^h28^m ^[3]
Declination:	+32°50' ^[3]
Constellation:	Hercules
Magnitude:	14.63 (B) ^[1] 11.43 (J) ^[1] 10.72 (H) ^[1] 10.43 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	S0

Sources

^[1]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

^[2]	"Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973.

^[3]	"HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", G. Paturel et al., 2003.

Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Fairfield

Latitude:
Longitude:
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41.14°N
73.26°W
EST

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