Galaxy · Ursa Major

Messier 108

M108 · NGC 3556

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 05:17 · northeast · 41°

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Where is Messier 108?

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Look northeast, about 41° up at 05:17 in Ursa Major.

From London tonight, Messier 108 is above the horizon all night. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the northeast at 41°.

At magnitude 10.1, with its light spread out, it needs a telescope and a dark sky.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Not visible

Too faint to see by eye.

Too faint for most binoculars.

A brighter core in a faint glow. Spiral arms show only in long-exposure photos.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Messier 108 (M108) is a galaxy in Ursa Major, with a total brightness of magnitude 10.1 and an apparent size of 4.0′.

Sources: OpenNGC (CC BY-SA 4.0); star chart: Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences