NGC : NGC6374

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-04-20

Astronomical night: 21:55 - 05:06 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	00:08	0°	133° (Southeast)
Set	Dawn	17°	194° (South)
Maximum elevation	04:03	19°	180° (South)

Elevation

Information about NGC6374

General information

Open Cluster NGC6374 has the magnitude of 6 and is placed in Scorpius constellation. The cluster's apparent sizes are 20 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, 2024-04-20, cluster NGC6374 will rise at southeast at 00:08 and will be observable until fading from view as dawn breaks. This time (05:06) the object will be placed at south. Maximum elevation, 19° above horizon, will be reached at 04:03, when cluster will be placed at south.

NGC6374 on the sky map


Object type	Open Cluster
Alternative names
Constellation	Scorpius
Magnitude	6
Apparent size	20'
Right ascension	17^h 32^m 15^s
Declination	-32° 35′ 48″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC6374
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
M6 / NGC6405	Open Cluster	4.2
M7 / NGC6475	Open Cluster	3.3