Eastern Veil (NGC6992) Observation Details
NGC6992 Daily Motion
NGC6992 will rise before twilight begins, at 19:22, and will reach 29° elevation by the time twilight commences at 22:16. It will reach its transit at 82° by 03:26 and gradually fade away as the night ends at 04:57, maintaining an elevation of around 70°.NGC6992 will be visible until January, 19, 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.
NGC6992 Visibility Timetable on July 07
NGC6992 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Moon Rise, 85.2% illuminated | 17:48 | -11° |
| NGC6992 rise | 19:22 | |
| Sunset | 21:02 | 15° |
| Civil sunset | 21:35 | 21° |
| Astrosession begin | 23:03 | 37° |
| Moon Set | 03:00 | 80° |
| NGC6992 transit | 03:26 | 82° |
| Astrosession end | 04:10 | 78° |
| Civil sunrise | 05:38 | 62° |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 56° |
| NGC6992 set | 11:29 |
Track NGC6992 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC6992 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 NGC6992
| Object name | NGC6992 |
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| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC6992 coordinates | 20.93863, 31.74275 |
| Center coordinates | 20.93863, 31.74275 |
NGC6992 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC6992
| Time | 16:04 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| NGC6992 elevation | -18° |
| NGC6992 Azimuth | -8° |
Annual motion of NGC6992
| Date | Mon, 7 July 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 22:59 |
| Twighlight end | 04:04 |
| Twighlight duration | 5h 5m |
| Rise | 19:18 |
| Set | 11:25 |
| Elevation at transit | 82° |
| Transit time | 03:22 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 20h 56m 19s", Dec: 31° 44' 33s |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| 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 NGC6992 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.
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