NGC : NGC6356

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-05-04

Astronomical night: 22:15 - 04:42 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	Dusk	3°	114° (Southeast)
Set	Dawn	29°	208° (Southwest)
Maximum elevation	03:00	34°	180° (South)

Elevation

Information about NGC6356

General information

NGC6356 is the globular cluster at magnitude 8 that is placed in Ophiuchus constellation and has apparent size of 4 angular minutes.
Because of low brightness and large angular size, is available for observations through a 5-inch telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-05-04, NGC6356 will be visible all night. At 22:15 the object will be placed at southeast, 3° above your horizon, and will be observable until around 04:42 when fade from view as dawn breaks southwest. Maximum elevation, 34° above horizon, will be reached at 03:00, when will be placed at south.

NGC6356 on the sky map


Object type	Globular Cluster
Alternative names
Constellation	Ophiuchus
Magnitude	8
Apparent size	4'
Right ascension	17^h 23^m 34.99^s
Declination	-17° 48′ 46.9″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC6356
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
M9 / NGC6333	Globular Cluster	7.9
M23 / NGC6494	Open Cluster	5.5