Galaxy · Virgo

Messier 89

M89 · NGC 4552

Not above the horizon after darkRises 05:29 · not up after dark

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Where is Messier 89?

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Below the horizon after dark tonight in Virgo. Rises 05:29.

From London tonight, Messier 89 isn’t above the horizon while the sky is dark. It rises at 05:29 and sets at 19:47, in daylight or twilight.

At magnitude 10.1, 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 89 (M89) is a galaxy in Virgo, with a total brightness of magnitude 10.1 and an apparent size of 8.1′.

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