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NGC 6052 NED01 - Galaxy in Hercules

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:29 | Tran: 1:22 | Set: 9:11
Alt: 35.38°   Az: 258.27°   Direction: West-South-West

NGC 6052 NED01 is a Galaxy in the Hercules constellation. NGC 6052 NED01 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its visual magnitude of 13, NGC 6052 NED01 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6052 NED01 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of NGC 6052 NED01 - Galaxy in Hercules star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6052 NED01 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.83 arcmin) and minor (0.65 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 06m 19s
+20° 28’ 29”
03h 53m 47s
20h 00m 07s

J2000

16h 05m 12s
+20° 32’ 32”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6052 NED01 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for NGC 6052 NED01 - Galaxy in Hercules.

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Finder chart for NGC 6052 NED01 - Galaxy in Hercules.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6052 NED01 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

13.44
13
11.58
10.87
10.68

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 6052 NED01.

21.57 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6052 NED01 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6052 NED01 is a visual representation of it.
0.83 arcmin
0.65 arcmin
5°

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 6052 NED01 - Galaxy in Hercules rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.5°
Max altitude: 59.0°
Azimuth: 290.5°