Open star cluster · Auriga

Messier 36

M36 · NGC 1960

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · south · 72°

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Where is Messier 36?

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Look south, about 72° up at 05:17 in Auriga. It rises at 19:37 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Messier 36 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the south at 72°.

At magnitude 6.0, with its light spread out, it needs binoculars and a dark sky.

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

From a very dark site, a faint hazy patch.

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 36 (M36) is a open star cluster in Auriga, with a total brightness of magnitude 6.0 and an apparent size of 7.2′.

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