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Other deep sky objects in Scorpius
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NGC 6455 - Association of Stars in Scorpius

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:21 | Tran: 3:08 | Set: 4:56
Alt: -1.16°   Az: 205.37°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 6455 is a Association of Stars in the Scorpius constellation. NGC 6455 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 6455 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 6455 - Association of Stars in Scorpius star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6455 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (7.8 arcmin) and minor (7.8 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 52m 50s
-35° 20’ 33”
02h 06m 42s
19h 59m 32s

J2000

17h 51m 07s
-35° 20’ 16”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6455 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 6455 - Association of Stars in Scorpius.

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Finder chart for NGC 6455 - Association of Stars in Scorpius.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6455 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6455 is a visual representation of it.
7.8 arcmin
7.8 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 6455 - Association of Stars in Scorpius rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.3°
Max altitude: 3.2°
Azimuth: 234.7°