NGC6559 Position and Visibility Tonight
Where is NGC6559 right now?
Twilight begins at 19:42 local time, and at that moment, NGC6559 will appear at an altitude of 16 degrees toward the southwest.
NGC6559 Visibility on July 01
NGC6559 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC6559 rise | 18:00 | |
| Sunset | 18:31 | 5° |
| Civil sunset | 19:03 | 10° |
Moon Rise, 99% illuminated  | 19:32 | 14° |
| Twighlight start | 19:42 | 16° |
| Astrosession begin | 20:25 | 21° |
| NGC6559 transit | 22:40 | 29° |
| Astrosession end | 01:58 | 13° |
| Twighlight end | 02:41 | 6° |
| NGC6559 set | 03:19 | |
| Moon Set | 05:11 | -21° |
Track NGC6559 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC6559 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 NGC6559
| Object name | NGC6559 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC6559 coordinates | 18.16579, -24.10639 |
| Center coordinates | 18.16579, -24.10639 |
NGC6559 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC6559
| Time | 10:59 |
| Latitude | 37.3541 |
| Longitude | -121.955 |
| NGC6559 elevation | -76° |
| NGC6559 Azimuth | -17° |
Annual motion of NGC6559
NGC6559 will be visible until December, 7, 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.
| Date | Wed, 1 July 2026 |
| Twighlight start | 20:20 |
| Twighlight end | 01:52 |
| Twighlight duration | 6h 31m |
| Rise | 17:56 |
| Set | 03:15 |
| Elevation at transit | 29° |
| Transit time | 22:36 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 18h 09m 56s", Dec: -24° 06' 23s |
| Magnitude | - |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
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 NGC6559 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.
You can also view detailed visibility information in a dedicated table, including exact rise, transit, and set times for each date.
Astrometric & Physical Parameters of NGC6559
Coordinates & Visibility
| Right Ascension | 18.16579° |
| Declination | -24.10639° |
| Magnitude | |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Elevation | -76.3° |
| Azimuth | -16.6° |
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.