Globular cluster · Lepus

Messier 79

M79 · NGC 1904

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · south · 14°

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Where is Messier 79?

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Look south, about 14° up at 05:17 in Lepus. It rises at 01:41 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Messier 79 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the south at 14°.

At magnitude 8.2, 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 79 (M79) is a globular cluster in Lepus, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.2 and an apparent size of 7.2′.

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