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NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:37 | Tran: 17:38 | Set: 2:43
Alt: 58.59°   Az: 238.31°   Direction: West-South-West

NGC 6486 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Hercules constellation. NGC 6486 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15, NGC 6486 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6486 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 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6486 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.61 arcmin) and minor (0.56 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 53m 32s
+29° 48’ 49”
02h 02m 58s
19h 56m 30s

J2000

17h 52m 35s
+29° 49’ 04”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6486 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 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules.

Finder chart NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6486 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).

15
11.68
10.98
10.62

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 6486.

22.97 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6486 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6486 is a visual representation of it.
0.61 arcmin
0.56 arcmin
70°

Morphological Classification

NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules, Elliptical (E).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 6486 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.2°
Max altitude: 68.3°
Azimuth: 299.8°