Eastern Veil (NGC6995) Observation Details
NGC6995 Daily Motion
NGC6995 will rise before twilight begins, at 13:37, and will reach 71° elevation by the time twilight commences at 19:57. It will reach its transit at 84° by 21:26 and gradually fade away as the night ends at 03:39, maintaining an elevation of around 16°.NGC6995 will be visible until January, 18, 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.
NGC6995 Visibility Timetable on August 31
NGC6995 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Moon Rise, 46.4% illuminated | 11:58 | -13° |
| NGC6995 rise | 13:37 | |
| Sunset | 17:37 | 43° |
| Civil sunset | 18:05 | 48° |
| Astrosession begin | 19:10 | 61° |
| Moon Set | 21:19 | 84° |
| NGC6995 transit | 21:26 | 84° |
| Astrosession end | 03:06 | 22° |
| Civil sunrise | 04:11 | 10° |
| Sunrise | 04:39 | 6° |
| NGC6995 set | 05:15 |
Track NGC6995 Position Throughout the Night
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Where is NGC6995 right now?
NGC6995 is located in the constellation Cygnus, at right ascension 20h 57m 10s" and declination 31° 14' 06s. At the current time, it is above the horizon at an altitude of 71 degrees toward the west-southwest from your location, with an apparent magnitude of 7.00.NGC6995 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 NGC6995
| Object name | NGC6995 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC6995 coordinates | 20.95299, 31.23517 |
| Center coordinates | 20.95299, 31.23517 |
NGC6995 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC6995
| Time | 19:57 |
| Latitude | 37.3541 |
| Longitude | -121.955 |
| NGC6995 elevation | 71° |
| NGC6995 Azimuth | -102° |
Annual motion of NGC6995
| Date | Mon, 1 September 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 19:08 |
| Twighlight end | 03:04 |
| Twighlight duration | 8h 57m |
| Rise | 13:33 |
| Set | 05:11 |
| Elevation at transit | 84° |
| Transit time | 21:22 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 20h 57m 10s", Dec: 31° 14' 06s |
| 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 NGC6995 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.
Astrometric & Physical Parameters of NGC6995
Coordinates & Visibility
| Right Ascension | 20.95299° |
| Declination | 31.23517° |
| Magnitude | 7.00 |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Elevation | 70.7° |
| Azimuth | -101.9° |
Data Credits
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