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Other deep sky objects in Scorpius
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NGC 6357 (War and Peace Nebula) - Star Cluster + Nebula in Scorpius

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:37 | Tran: 2:46 | Set: 4:50
Alt: -13.60°   Az: 128.70°   Direction: South-East

NGC 6357 is a Star Cluster + Nebula in the Scorpius constellation. NGC 6357 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6357 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 6357 (War and Peace Nebula) - Star Cluster + Nebula in Scorpius star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6357 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (3.9 arcmin) and minor (3.9 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 26m 24s
-34° 13’ 21”
19h 33m 47s
13h 00m 12s

J2000

17h 24m 43s
-34° 12’ 05”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6357 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 6357 (War and Peace Nebula) - Star Cluster + Nebula in Scorpius.

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Finder chart for NGC 6357 (War and Peace Nebula) - Star Cluster + Nebula in Scorpius.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6357 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6357 is a visual representation of it.
3.9 arcmin
3.9 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 6357 (War and Peace Nebula) - Star Cluster + Nebula in Scorpius rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.2°
Max altitude: 4.3°
Azimuth: 235.8°