NGC6946 Observation Details
NGC6946 Daily Motion
NGC6946 is circumpolar, never setting below the horizon and always visible in the night sky from your location. However, it will change its position significantly, moving 60 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe NGC6946, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.NGC6946 will be visible throughout the entire year. However, it will change its position significantly, moving 60 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe NGC6946, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.
NGC6946 Visibility Timetable on July 02
NGC6946 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC6946 is always above the horizon | ||
| Moon Rise, 39.4% illuminated | 12:41 | 16° |
| Sunset | 21:03 | 31° |
| Civil sunset | 21:37 | 35° |
| Astrosession begin | 23:06 | 46° |
| NGC6946 is always above the horizon | ||
| Moon Set | 00:53 | 59° |
| NGC6946 transit | 03:24 | 70° |
| Astrosession end | 04:05 | 69° |
| Civil sunrise | 05:35 | 61° |
| Sunrise | 06:09 | 58° |
Track NGC6946 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC6946 Image Gallery
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DSS Composite image
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 NGC6946
| Object name | NGC6946 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC6946 coordinates | 20.5812, 60.15392 |
| Center coordinates | 20.5812, 60.15392 |
NGC6946 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC6946
| Time | 11:24 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| NGC6946 elevation | 22° |
| NGC6946 Azimuth | 28° |
Annual motion of NGC6946
| Date | Wed, 2 July 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 23:02 |
| Twighlight end | 04:00 |
| Twighlight duration | 5h 58m |
| Rise | NGC6946 is always up |
| Set | NGC6946 is always up |
| Elevation at transit | 70° |
| Transit time | 03:24 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 20h 34m 52s", Dec: 60° 09' 14s |
| Magnitude | 9 |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
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 NGC6946 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.