menu
A Complete Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
Timezone: Europe/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
warning Set your observing location to get relevant data
Search  close

In Evidence

3I/ATLAS: A Month-by-Month Observing Guide
Discover how to observe the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the inner Solar System in 2025 Read more...

Other deep sky objects in Sagittarius
All Constellations »  Sagittarius »  Deep Sky Objects » 

NGC 6556 - Association of Stars in Sagittarius

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:12 | Tran: 23:27 | Set: 2:46
Alt: -62.70°   Az: 35.26°   Direction: North-East

NGC 6556 is a Association of Stars in the Sagittarius constellation. NGC 6556 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6556 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of NGC 6556 - Association of Stars in Sagittarius star
/>
DSS2 image of NGC 6556 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 11m 34s
-27° 31’ 04”
13h 09m 29s
07h 21m 03s

J2000

18h 09m 57s
-27° 31’ 28”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6556 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for NGC 6556 - Association of Stars in Sagittarius.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for NGC 6556 - Association of Stars in Sagittarius.

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 6556 - Association of Stars in Sagittarius rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.5°
Max altitude: 11.0°
Azimuth: 242.5°