NGC6124 Observation Details
NGC6124 Daily Motion
NGC6124 will rise at 13:56, reaching 49° when twilight begins at 19:54. It will reach transit at 49° by 19:55 and will set before twilight ends at 01:54.NGC6124 will be visible until October, 8, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
NGC6124 Visibility Timetable on August 13
NGC6124 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC6124 rise | 13:56 | |
| Sunset | 19:07 | 48° |
| Civil sunset | 19:29 | 49° |
| NGC6124 transit | 19:55 | 49° |
| Astrosession begin | 20:19 | 49° |
| Moon Rise, 75.6% illuminated | 22:41 | 34° |
| NGC6124 set | 01:54 | |
| Astrosession end | 05:50 | -41° |
| Moon Set | 11:07 | -30° |
Track NGC6124 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC6124 Image Gallery
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The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for NGC6124
| Object name | NGC6124 |
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| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC6124 coordinates | 16.42224, -40.65369 |
| Center coordinates | 16.42224, -40.65369 |
NGC6124 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC6124
| Time | 13:15 |
| Latitude | 0 |
| Longitude | 0 |
| NGC6124 elevation | -8° |
| NGC6124 Azimuth | -131° |
Annual motion of NGC6124
| Date | Thu, 14 August 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 20:15 |
| Twighlight end | 05:45 |
| Twighlight duration | 9h 30m |
| Rise | 13:52 |
| Set | 01:50 |
| Elevation at transit | 49° |
| Transit time | 19:51 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 16h 25m 20s", Dec: -40° 39' 13s |
| Magnitude | 6 |
| Constellation | Scorpius |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the NGC6124 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.