NGC6873 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , NGC6873 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:49 (EDT), 36° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:49, 68° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:45, 57° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6873
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Object type
Open cluster
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Source
Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.