Galaxy · Pisces

Messier 74

M74 · NGC 628

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 01:45 · south · 54°

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Where is Messier 74?

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Look south, about 54° up at 01:45 in Pisces.

From London tonight, Messier 74 is above the horizon all night. It’s highest after dark at 01:45, in the south at 54°.

At magnitude 9.3, 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.

Too faint for most binoculars.

A brighter core in a faint glow. Spiral arms show only in long-exposure 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 74 (M74) is a galaxy in Pisces, with a total brightness of magnitude 9.3 and an apparent size of 9.9′.

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