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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:11 
Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 20:39
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

NGC 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum

Altitude: -9.3°   Azimuth: 91.5°   Direction: East

NGC 6664 is a Open Cluster in the Scutum constellation. NGC 6664 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 6664 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 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6664 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (6 arcmin) and minor (6 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Key facts about NGC 6664

NGC 6664
Open Cluster
Scutum

NGC 6664 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -9.3°
Azimuth: 91.5°
Direction: East

See also NGC 6664 rise and set times.

Given its visual magnitude of 7.8, NGC 6664 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 40-50mm aperture or a small telescope.

Available Resources for NGC 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum

Photometric information of NGC 6664

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6664 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).

8.81
7.8

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

Apparent size of NGC 6664

The following table reports NGC 6664 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6664 is a visual representation of it.
6 arcmin
6 arcmin

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6664

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6664 are provided in the following table:

18h 36m 33s
-08° 13’ 14”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6664 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 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum.

Finder chart NGC 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum.

Rise and set times of NGC 6664 from your location

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

Today's NGC 6664 - Open Cluster in Scutum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.2°
Max altitude: 30.3°
Azimuth: 261.8°