{"id":124603,"date":"2025-11-08T12:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/124603\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T12:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:21:13","slug":"2025-november-19-pegasus-globular-cluster-find-messier-15-the-great-andromeda-galaxy-and-the-double-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/124603\/","title":{"rendered":"2025, November 19: Pegasus Globular Cluster: Find Messier 15, the Great Andromeda Galaxy, and the Double Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 19, 2025: With the moon near its New phase, moonlight no longer hides faint celestial treasures. Step outside to find the Great Andromeda Galaxy, the Double Cluster in Perseus, and the globular star cluster Messier 15 in Pegasus, high in the southern sky after dusk.<\/p>\n

\"TheImage Caption \u2013 The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31 since it is the 31st object on Messier\u2019s list of diffuse sky objects, is the nearest large galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. Our galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda. (NASA photo)<\/p>\n

by Jeffrey L. Hunt<\/p>\n

Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 6:46 a.m. CST; Sunset, 4:27 p.m. CST.\u00a0 Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory\u2019s MICA computer program. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times.<\/p>\n

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With the moon near the New phase, its light does not blot out the fainter celestial wonders. Recently, articles here described how to find the Great Andromeda Galaxy<\/a> (M 31) and the Double Cluster<\/a> (h Per and \u03c7 Per) in Perseus. The globular star cluster in Pegasus is in an ideal spot for viewing during the evening hours.<\/p>\n

\"Pegasus,Chart Caption \u2013 2025, November 19: The globular star cluster Messier 15 (M 15) can be see through a binocular near Enif, Pegasus\u2019s nose.<\/p>\n

Step outside two hours after sunset \u2014 not so late considering the early sunsets \u2014 and look high in the southern sky. The Great Square of Pegasus, representing the Winged Horse\u2019s body, is there. Its stars are about the same brightness as those in the Big Dipper.<\/p>\n

Northern hemisphere sky watchers see the horse on its back. Pegasus\u2019 neck begins at Markab, extending toward the southwest to Baham, which could represent an eye, and then up in the sky to Enif, the nose.<\/p>\n

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\"ThePhoto Caption \u2013 The Pleiades star cluster. (U.S. Naval Observatory)<\/p>\n

The globular star cluster, the 15th entry in Charles Messier\u2019s catalog of faint sky objects that are not to be confused with comets, is about 4.2\u00b0 to Enif\u2019s upper right and in the same binocular field. With the binocular sharply focused, the star cluster appears as a fuzzy star about half the moon\u2019s diameter. Through a telescope, individual stars are visible on the edges.<\/p>\n

\"GlobularPhoto Caption -Photo Caption \u2013 Globular clusters are inherently beautiful objects, but the subject of this NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Messier 3, is commonly acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful of them all. (NASA\/ESA Photo)<\/p>\n

M 15 is thought to be 40,000 light years away and about 130 light years across. At that distance, all the stars in the cluster shine with the intensity of 200,000 suns.<\/p>\n

\"ThePhoto Caption \u2013 The Beehive or Praesepe star cluster (National Science Foundation Photo).<\/p>\n

Unlike the galactic star clusters \u2014 such as the Pleiades, Beehive, and Double Cluster \u2014 the globulars seem to be tightly packed with thousands of stars. They revolve around the galactic nucleus outside the plane of the Milky Way, like bees swarming around a hive.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe dazzling stars in Messier 15 look fresh and new in this image from the NASA\/Hubble Space Telescope, but they are actually all roughly 13 billion years old, making them some of the most ancient objects in the Universe. (NASA Photo)<\/p>\n

When they were mapped over a century ago, the globular clusters were concentrated toward the Sagittarius region of the sky, located low in the southwest after sunset during November.<\/p>\n

Before the moon returns to the evening sky and its light washes out the dimmer celestial wonders, find Messier 15, as well as M 31 and the Double Cluster in Perseus.<\/p>\n

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