Globular cluster · Sagittarius

Messier 75

M75 · NGC 6864

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · south · 17°

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Where is Messier 75?

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Look south, about 17° up at 20:20 in Sagittarius. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 00:13.

From London tonight, Messier 75 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the south at 17°.

At magnitude 8.3, 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.

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 75 (M75) is a globular cluster in Sagittarius, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.3 and an apparent size of 3.6′.

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