Globular cluster · Aquarius

Messier 72

M72 · NGC 6981

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:53 · south · 26°

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Where is Messier 72?

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Look south, about 26° up at 20:53 in Aquarius. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 01:56.

From London tonight, Messier 72 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:53, in the south at 26°.

At magnitude 9.0, 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 72 (M72) is a globular cluster in Aquarius, with a total brightness of magnitude 9.0 and an apparent size of 4.5′.

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