Nebula · Aquarius

Messier 73

M73 · NGC 6994

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 21:05 · south · 26°

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Where is Messier 73?

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Look south, about 26° up at 21:05 in Aquarius.

From London tonight, Messier 73 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest after dark at 21:05, in the south at 26°.

At magnitude 8.9, 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 soft, gray glow.

Gray-green glow, with more structure in larger telescopes. Color shows only in photos.

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 73 (M73) is a nebula in Aquarius, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.9.

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