Globular cluster · Sagitta

Messier 71

M71 · NGC 6838

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · south · 57°

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Where is Messier 71?

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Look south, about 57° up at 20:20 in Sagitta. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 03:42.

From London tonight, Messier 71 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the south at 57°.

At magnitude 6.1, 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.

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 71 (M71) is a globular cluster in Sagitta, with a total brightness of magnitude 6.1 and an apparent size of 6.9′.

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