M92 Observation Details
M92 Daily Motion
M92 will be visible throughout the entire year. However, it will change its position significantly, moving 94 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe M92, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.
M92 Visibility Timetable on December 21
Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| M92 transit | 11:46 | 87° |
| Sunset | 17:08 | 32° |
| Civil sunset | 17:40 | 27° |
| Astrosession begin | 18:48 | 17° |
| M92 set | 21:11 | |
| Moon Rise, 57% illuminated | 23:50 | -7° |
| M92 rise | 02:16 | |
| Astrosession end | 06:13 | 31° |
| Civil sunrise | 07:20 | 42° |
| Sunrise | 07:52 | 48° |
| Moon Set | 12:24 | 82° |
Track M92 Position Throughout the Night
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M92 - Globular Cluster
M92 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Hercules. It was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1777 and later cataloged by Charles Messier. The cluster contains a rich population of old stars.
M92 spans about 109 light-years across and contains around 330,000 stars. The cluster is approximately 26,700 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 6.4, making it visible with binoculars or a small telescope.
M92 Image Gallery
DSS Blue
DSS Red
DSS Near-Infrared
DSS Composite image
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 M92
| Object name | M92 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| M92 coordinates | 17.28535, 43.13653 |
| Center coordinates | 17.28535, 43.13653 |
M92 Passage Through Night
Current position of M92
| Time | 11:54 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| M92 elevation | 87° |
| M92 Azimuth | 24° |
Annual motion of M92
| Date | Sun, 22 December 2024 |
| Twighlight start | 18:44 |
| Twighlight end | 06:07 |
| Twighlight duration | 11h 23m |
| Rise | 02:16 |
| Set | 21:07 |
| Elevation at transit | 87° |
| Transit time | 11:42 |
| Equatorial coordinate | RA: 17h 17m 07s", Dec: 43° 08' 11s |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| Constellation | Hercules |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the M92 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.