NGC 6688 - Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra

NGC 6688 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Lyra constellation. NGC 6688 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6688 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).

Key facts about NGC 6688

Available Resources for NGC 6688 - Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra

• Photometric information of NGC 6688
• Apparent size of NGC 6688
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6688
• NGC 6688 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 6688.
• Rise and set times of NGC 6688 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 6688

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6688 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).

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 6688.

Apparent size of NGC 6688

The following table reports NGC 6688 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6688 is a visual representation of it.

NGC 6688 - Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra morphological classification

NGC 6688 - Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra is classified as Lenticular (S0-Aa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6688 - Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6688

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6688 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6688 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise and set times of NGC 6688 from your location

Today's NGC 6688 - Lenticular Galaxy in Lyra rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):