Open star cluster · Monoceros

Messier 50

M50 · NGC 2323

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · southeast · 26°

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Where is Messier 50?

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Look southeast, about 26° up at 05:17 in Monoceros. It rises at 01:44 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Messier 50 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the southeast at 26°.

At magnitude 5.9, 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 50 (M50) is a open star cluster in Monoceros, with a total brightness of magnitude 5.9 and an apparent size of 14′.

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