M15 is well placed
2015 Aug 13
Dominic Ford – originally published on In-The-Sky.org
The globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078) in Pegasus will be well placed for observation. It will reach its highest point in the sky at around midnight local time.
At a declination of +12°10', it is easiest to see from the northern hemisphere; it can be seen at latitudes between 82°N and 57°S.
From London (click to change), it will be visible all night. It will become visible at around 22:01 (GMT) as the dusk sky fades, 36° above your south-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:10, 35° above your south-western horizon.
At magnitude 6.2, M15 is quite faint, and certainly not visible to the naked eye, but can be viewed through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.
The precise position of M15 is as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| M15 | 21h29m50s | +12°10' | Pegasus | 6.2 | 12'18" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The details of this observing event were provided courtesy of In-The-Sky.org
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