NGC 6165 - Nebula in Ara
NGC 6165 is a Nebula in the Ara constellation. NGC 6165 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.
Photometric information of NGC 6165
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6165 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.
Apparent size of NGC 6165The following table reports NGC 6165 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6165 is a visual representation of it.
Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6165
The image below is a photograph of NGC 6165 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6165
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6165 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6165 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.
Rise ans set times of NGC 6165 from your location
NGC 6165 - Nebula in Ara is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]