Top 10 · Tonight’s specials
Tonight’s top 10 deep-sky sights from your place
The brightest star clusters, nebulae and galaxies that stand well up in a dark sky tonight. The list changes with the seasons — and with where you are.
This list is worked out in your browser for your place and tonight.
How this list is made
Objects from the StarsMenu catalog (all Messier and Caldwell objects and other bright ones) that climb at least 15° above your horizon (20° for those fainter than magnitude 4) for 45 minutes or more while the Sun is 12° or 15° below the horizon, ranked by visual magnitude.
Data: the HYG star database (Hipparcos), OpenNGC and d3-celestial; positions by Astronomy Engine. Sources and licences.
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