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Your sky tonight

A personal guide to what’s worth looking up for.

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Sunset
19:47Zurich

Astronomical darkness 21:29

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Moon tonight
23% illuminated

Waxing crescent

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8h 2m of darkness

21:29 – 05:31

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Calculated for 22:00 · Geneva
ArcturusVegaCapellaAltairAntaresFomalhautDenebSaturn · altitude 14.4° · azimuth 101.6°SaturnNeptune · altitude 18.6° · azimuth 110.5°NeptunePluto · altitude 20.0° · azimuth 174.4°PlutoM2 · altitude 39.0° · azimuth 150.1°M2M3 · altitude 16.8° · azimuth 293.6°M3M4 · altitude 2.3° · azimuth 226.9°M4M5 · altitude 14.6° · azimuth 257.4°M5Butterfly Cluster · altitude 5.4° · azimuth 209.5°Butterfly ClusterPtolemy Cluster · altitude 4.2° · azimuth 205.9°Lagoon Nebula · altitude 14.5° · azimuth 207.7°M9 · altitude 15.6° · azimuth 220.0°M10 · altitude 25.2° · azimuth 232.8°M10Wild Duck Cluster · altitude 35.2° · azimuth 201.8°Wild Duck ClusterM12 · altitude 25.5° · azimuth 236.4°Hercules Cluster · altitude 51.7° · azimuth 273.7°Hercules ClusterM14 · altitude 31.1° · azimuth 223.5°M15 · altitude 51.4° · azimuth 144.3°M15Eagle Nebula · altitude 25.7° · azimuth 208.0°Omega Nebula · altitude 23.6° · azimuth 206.7°M18 · altitude 22.6° · azimuth 206.5°M19 · altitude 7.0° · azimuth 219.6°Trifid Nebula · altitude 15.8° · azimuth 208.5°M21 · altitude 16.3° · azimuth 208.3°Sagittarius Cluster · altitude 17.3° · azimuth 200.5°M23 · altitude 18.9° · azimuth 211.4°Sagittarius Star Cloud · altitude 21.1° · azimuth 206.8°M25 · altitude 21.5° · azimuth 202.9°M26 · altitude 31.9° · azimuth 202.5°Dumbbell Nebula · altitude 66.6° · azimuth 181.7°M28 · altitude 15.6° · azimuth 202.9°M29 · altitude 81.5° · azimuth 151.0°M29M30 · altitude 17.3° · azimuth 156.4°Andromeda Galaxy · altitude 40.9° · azimuth 68.8°AndromedaM32 · altitude 40.7° · azimuth 69.2°Triangulum Galaxy · altitude 26.3° · azimuth 72.0°M34 · altitude 23.8° · azimuth 52.0°M34M39 · altitude 74.8° · azimuth 73.0°M39Winnecke 4 · altitude 27.2° · azimuth 327.3°Winnecke 4Pleiades · altitude 1.3° · azimuth 54.9°PleiadesWhirlpool Galaxy · altitude 27.5° · azimuth 310.5°WhirlpoolM52 · altitude 57.6° · azimuth 43.0°M53 · altitude 4.9° · azimuth 291.3°M54 · altitude 11.9° · azimuth 194.7°M55 · altitude 12.8° · azimuth 184.9°M56 · altitude 71.7° · azimuth 213.3°Ring Nebula · altitude 71.4° · azimuth 231.2°M62 · altitude 3.6° · azimuth 217.9°Sunflower Galaxy · altitude 22.2° · azimuth 308.1°Black Eye Galaxy · altitude 4.9° · azimuth 296.5°M69 · altitude 8.9° · azimuth 199.2°M70 · altitude 9.6° · azimuth 196.8°M71 · altitude 62.6° · azimuth 184.5°M72 · altitude 30.3° · azimuth 165.5°M73 · altitude 29.9° · azimuth 164.0°Phantom Galaxy · altitude 15.9° · azimuth 83.3°PhantomM75 · altitude 22.0° · azimuth 179.0°Little Dumbbell · altitude 37.1° · azimuth 50.7°M80 · altitude 4.3° · azimuth 230.1°Bode's Galaxy · altitude 27.1° · azimuth 348.9°Bode'sCigar Galaxy · altitude 27.7° · azimuth 349.1°M92 · altitude 60.7° · azimuth 279.2°Cat's Eye Galaxy · altitude 18.3° · azimuth 310.9°Owl Nebula · altitude 19.0° · azimuth 333.1°Pinwheel Galaxy · altitude 35.9° · azimuth 313.8°Spindle Galaxy · altitude 44.7° · azimuth 310.3°M103 · altitude 42.2° · azimuth 40.8°M106 · altitude 18.9° · azimuth 319.7°M107 · altitude 14.4° · azimuth 232.8°Surfboard Galaxy · altitude 19.3° · azimuth 333.8°M109 · altitude 21.4° · azimuth 326.6°M110 · altitude 41.5° · azimuth 68.6°Albireo (β Cyg) · altitude 70.8° · azimuth 201.9°Albireo (β Cyg)Mizar & Alcor · altitude 31.5° · azimuth 318.2°Epsilon Lyrae (Double Double) · altitude 74.3° · azimuth 252.6°Almach (γ And) · altitude 28.9° · azimuth 57.4°Rasalgethi (α Her) · altitude 42.7° · azimuth 241.7°Polaris B · altitude 46.0° · azimuth 0.9°Polaris BIzar (ε Boo) · altitude 26.2° · azimuth 282.6°Izar (ε Boo)Cor Caroli · altitude 16.9° · azimuth 308.1°Σ 2816 (in IC 1396) · altitude 71.8° · azimuth 42.7°Double Cluster · altitude 35.3° · azimuth 41.3°60°30°NWSENENWSESW
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89 good targets

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Saturn

SOLAR SYSTEM

14° altitudeESE direction

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Vega

Vega

Star · Lyr

20:27–00:0782° peak
125× recommended
Excellent
Deneb

Deneb

Star · Cyg

20:27–02:2788° peak
125× recommended
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