NGC : NGC6227

Celestial motion

Date: 2023-06-08

Astronomical night: 22:32 - 03:47 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	Dusk	8°	165° (South)
Set	02:51	0°	213° (Southwest)
Maximum elevation	23:49	10°	180° (South)

Elevation

Information about NGC6227

General information

NGC6227 is the open cluster at magnitude 5 that is placed in Scorpius constellation and has apparent size of 18 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

Tonight, 2023-06-08, cluster NGC6227 will become observable at south as the dusk sky fades, 8° above your horizon, at 22:32. At 02:51 the object will sink below the horizon at southwest. Maximum elevation, 10° above horizon, will be reached at 23:49, when cluster will be placed at south.

NGC6227 on the sky map


Object type	Open Cluster
Alternative names
Constellation	Scorpius
Magnitude	5
Apparent size	18'
Right ascension	16^h 52^m 0^s
Declination	-41° 13′ 0″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC6227
International Catalogue (IC)

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