M25: Rise, Set, Nighttime Path
![M25](https://sky-tonight.com/image/card/nebula/M25/M25.png)
M25 Daily Motion
M25 will be visible until September, 29, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
M25 Rise and Set Timetable
Time | Elevation | |
M25 Rise | 18:50 | |
Sunset | 20:49 | 18° |
Civil sunset | 21:21 | 22° |
M25 transit | 23:42 | 31° |
Astrosession begin | 02:54 | 16° |
M25 Set | 04:34 | |
Astrosession end | 05:17 | -8° |
M25 Sky Tracker Map
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M25 - Open Cluster
M25 is an open cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and later included in Messier's catalog in 1764. The cluster contains a mix of young, hot stars and older stars.
M25 spans about 19 light-years across and contains around 86 stars. The cluster is approximately 2,000 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 4.6, making it visible to the naked eye and easily seen with binoculars or a small telescope.
M25 Image Gallery
DSS Blue
![M25 photo taken with blue filter](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_blue/M25.webp)
DSS Red
![M25 photo taken with red filter](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_red/M25.webp)
DSS Near-Infrared
![M25 photo taken with Near-Infrared filter](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_nir/M25.webp)
DSS Composite image
![M25 color image](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_color/M25.webp)
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for M25
Object name | M25 |
Field of view | |
Limiting magnitude | |
M25 coordinates | 18.52966, -19.11494 |
Center coordinates | 18.52966, -19.11494 |
M25 Passage Through Night
Current position of M25
Time | 02:54 |
Latitude | 39.9625 |
Longitude | -83.0061 |
M25 elevation | 16° |
M25 Azimuth | 133° |
Annual motion of M25
Date | Sun, 28 July 2024 |
Twighlight start | 22:36 |
Twighlight end | 04:31 |
Twighlight duration | 6h 55m |
Rise | 18:46 |
Set | 04:30 |
Elevation at transit | 31° |
Transit time | 23:38 |
Equatorial coordinate | RA: 18h 31m 46s, Dec: -19° 06' 53" |
Magnitude | 5 |
Constellation | Sagittarius |