Globular cluster · Scorpius

Messier 80

M80 · NGC 6093

Not above the horizon after darkRises 12:27 · not up after dark

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Where is Messier 80?

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Below the horizon after dark tonight in Scorpius. Rises 12:27.

From London tonight, Messier 80 isn’t above the horizon while the sky is dark. It rises at 12:27 and sets at 20:16, in daylight or twilight.

At magnitude 7.3, with its light spread out, it needs binoculars 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 80 (M80) is a globular cluster in Scorpius, with a total brightness of magnitude 7.3 and an apparent size of 5.7′.

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