Globular cluster · Hydra

Messier 68

M68 · NGC 4590

Not above the horizon after darkRises 09:14 · not up after dark

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Where is Messier 68?

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Below the horizon after dark tonight in Hydra. Rises 09:14.

From London tonight, Messier 68 isn’t above the horizon while the sky is dark. It rises at 09:14 and sets at 16:10, in daylight or twilight.

At magnitude 8.0, 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 small, fuzzy ball of light.

The edges break up into stars at medium magnification in larger telescopes.

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 68 (M68) is a globular cluster in Hydra, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.0 and an apparent size of 6.6′.

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