NGC6946 Position and Visibility Tonight
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Twilight begins at 19:39 local time, and at that moment, NGC6946 will appear at an altitude of 28 degrees toward the northwest.
NGC6946 Visibility on June 14
NGC6946 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC6946 is always above the horizon | ||
Moon Rise, 7% illuminated  | 01:59 | 67° |
| Moon Set | 17:31 | 16° |
| Sunset | 18:28 | 21° |
| Civil sunset | 19:00 | 24° |
| Twighlight start | 19:39 | 28° |
| Astrosession begin | 20:22 | 33° |
| NGC6946 is always above the horizon | ||
| Astrosession end | 01:53 | 67° |
| NGC6946 transit | 02:11 | 67° |
| Twighlight end | 02:36 | 67° |
| Civil sunrise | 03:15 | 65° |
| Sunrise | 03:48 | 63° |
Track NGC6946 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC6946 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 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 | 11:57 |
| Latitude | 37.3541 |
| Longitude | -121.955 |
| NGC6946 elevation | 11° |
| NGC6946 Azimuth | 17° |
Annual motion of NGC6946
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.
| Date | Sun, 14 June 2026 |
| Twighlight start | 20:17 |
| Twighlight end | 01:47 |
| Twighlight duration | 5h 30m |
| Rise | NGC6946 is always up |
| Set | NGC6946 is always up |
| Elevation at transit | 67° |
| Transit time | 02:11 |
| 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.
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 NGC6946
Coordinates & Visibility
| Right Ascension | 20.5812° |
| Declination | 60.15392° |
| Magnitude | 9.05 |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Elevation | 11.5° |
| 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.