NGC : NGC6871

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-04-19

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

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	22:14	0°	40° (Northeast)
Set	Dawn	71°	95° (East)
Maximum elevation	05:07	71°	95° (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, 2024-04-19, cluster NGC6871 will rise at northeast at 22:14 and will be observable until fading from view as dawn breaks. This time (05:08) the object will be placed at east. Maximum elevation, 71° above horizon, will be reached at 05:07, 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