About NGC 7006 (C42)

NGC 7006 is a rewarding deep-sky target and presents itself as a diffuse object. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

It is currently below the horizon.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Observing conditions matter, structure becomes clearer under good conditions.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

What to expect

At higher magnification, subtle detail can be detected.

It appears more compact than typical clusters.

Type

Globular Cluster

Constellation

Delphinus

Distance

135000 ly

Size

Season

Summer

Difficulty

Very Hard

Magnitude

10.6