We use cookies to deliver essential features and to measure their performance. Learn more.
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:20 
Transit: 12:46 
Sunset: 18:11
sleep   (Nighttime)  
What's Visible Now • Tonight Timeline
Search  close
All Constellations »  Sagittarius »  Deep Sky Objects » 

NGC 6506 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:56 | Tran: 17:34 | Set: 21:12
Alt: -54.19°   Az: 306.52°   Direction: North-West

NGC 6506 is a Open Cluster in the Sagittarius constellation. NGC 6506 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.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6506 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 6506 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius star
/>
DSS2 image of NGC 6506 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 01m 24s
-24° 41’ 05”
09h 55m 19s
03h 56m 43s

J2000

17h 59m 53s
-24° 41’ 07”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6506 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 6506 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6506 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius.

Finder chart NGC 6506 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6506 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius.

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 6506 - Open Cluster in Sagittarius rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.7°
Max altitude: 13.8°
Azimuth: 245.3°