NGC6229 (Globular cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , NGC6229 is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:36 (EST), 24° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 48 minutes after the Sun at 22:12 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 23:57 – 7 hours and 11 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 36° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:56.
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Name
NGC6229
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Object type
Globular cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h46m [2] |
| Declination: | +47°31' [2] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 9.86 (V) [2] 9.38 (B) [2] 7.98 (J) [2] 7.43 (H) [2] 7.33 (K) [2] |
| Distance: | 30.4 kpc 99.1 klyr [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.48 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -7.55 |
Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.