NGC : NGC6124

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-04-19

Astronomical night: 21:53 - 05:08 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	23:55	0°	146° (Southeast)
Set	Dawn	5°	204° (Southwest)
Maximum elevation	03:01	11°	180° (South)

Elevation

Information about NGC6124

General information

NGC6124 is the open cluster at magnitude 6 that is placed in Scorpius constellation and has apparent size of 29 angular minutes.
Having high brightness and large apparent size, cluster is available for observations through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.

Information for observations

2024-04-19 cluster NGC6124 will rise at southeast at 23:55 and will be observable until fading from view as dawn breaks. This time (05:08) the object will be placed at southwest. Maximum elevation, 11° above horizon, will be reached at 03:01, when cluster will be placed at south.

NGC6124 on the sky map


Object type	Open Cluster
Alternative names
Constellation	Scorpius
Magnitude	6
Apparent size	29'
Right ascension	16^h 25^m 20^s
Declination	-40° 39′ 12″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC6124
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
NGC6227	Open Cluster	5
NGC6231	Open Cluster	2.6