Galaxy · Ursa Major

Messier 109

M109 · NGC 3992

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 05:17 · northeast · 34°

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Where is Messier 109?

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Look northeast, about 34° up at 05:17 in Ursa Major.

From London tonight, Messier 109 is above the horizon all night. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the northeast at 34°.

At magnitude 9.9, 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 109 (M109) is a galaxy in Ursa Major, with a total brightness of magnitude 9.9 and an apparent size of 8.1′.

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