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NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara

Altitude: -31.5°   Azimuth: 135.1°   Direction: South-East

NGC 6326 is a Planetary Nebula in the Ara constellation. NGC 6326 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

NGC 6326
Planetary Nebula
Ara

NGC 6326 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -31.5°
Azimuth: 135.1°
Direction: South-East

See also NGC 6326 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 12.2, NGC 6326 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara

Photometric information of NGC 6326

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6326 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).

12.2
14.55

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

Apparent size of NGC 6326

The following table reports NGC 6326 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6326 is a visual representation of it.
0.21 arcmin
0.21 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6326

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6326 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6326 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.21 arcmin) and minor (0.21 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6326

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6326 are provided in the following table:

17h 20m 45s
-51° 45’ 15”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6326 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara.

Finder chart NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara.

Rise ans set times of NGC 6326 from your location

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

NGC 6326 - Planetary Nebula in Ara is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt