Galaxy · Andromeda

Messier 32

M32 · NGC 221

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 00:49 · south · 79°

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Where is Messier 32?

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Look south, about 79° up at 00:49 in Andromeda.

From London tonight, Messier 32 is above the horizon all night. It’s highest after dark at 00:49, in the south at 79°.

At magnitude 8.1, 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.

A soft, gray glow, brighter toward the center.

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 32 (M32) is a galaxy in Andromeda, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.1 and an apparent size of 7.7′.

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