Open star cluster · Scutum

Messier 26

M26 · NGC 6694

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · southwest · 26°

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Where is Messier 26?

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Look southwest, about 26° up at 20:20 in Scutum. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 00:04.

From London tonight, Messier 26 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the southwest at 26°.

At magnitude 8.9, 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.

A scatter of stars; often the best view.

Many separate stars. Use your lowest magnification.

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 26 (M26) is a open star cluster in Scutum, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.9 and an apparent size of 6.0′.

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