NGC6606 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC6606 will become visible at around 17:34 (EST), 43° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:04.

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Name NGC6606

Object type Galaxy

Other names

NGC 6606^[1]
UGC 11174^[2]
PGC 61633^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	18^h14^m ^[3]
Declination:	+43°16' ^[3]
Constellation:	Lyra
Magnitude:	14.36 (B) ^[1] 11.04 (J) ^[1] 10.28 (H) ^[1] 10.02 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	Sa

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:
Timezone:

41.14°N
73.26°W
EST

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