NGC : NGC6871

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-04-25

Astronomical night: 22:02 - 04:57 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	Dusk	1°	42° (Northeast)
Set	Dawn	73°	98° (East)
Maximum elevation	04:56	73°	98° (East)

Elevation

Information about NGC6871

General information

NGC6871 is the open cluster at magnitude 5 that is placed in Cygnus constellation and has apparent size of 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, 2024-04-25, cluster NGC6871 will be visible all night. At 22:02 the object will be placed at northeast, 1° above your horizon, and will be observable until around 04:57 when fade from view as dawn breaks east. Maximum elevation, 73° above horizon, will be reached at 04:56, when cluster will be placed at east.

NGC6871 on the sky map


Object type	Open Cluster
Alternative names
Constellation	Cygnus
Magnitude	5
Apparent size	20'
Right ascension	20^h 5^m 59^s
Declination	35° 46′ 36″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC6871
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
H VI 32	Double Star	4.76