Mercury and Venus hover too close to the suns glare for easy viewing. The New Moon phase is the best time to explore the night sky.
Using the desktop or mobile app you will be able to find out where you should be looking in the skies tonight to help you.
What stars can you see tonight. Canopus the second brightest star in the sky is high in the southwest in the constellation of Carina the Ships Keel with the brightest star Sirius in Canis Major hanging over the western horizon. The Whole Sky images show the entire sky as a big round picture. Slightly difficult to see.
The Lyrids meteor shower will provide stargazers with up to 20 shooting stars per hour when it reaches its peak tonight. On average however the most anyone can really see with very good eyesight and from a very dark viewing area is around three thousand stars. See the chart above for the best viewing time.
Both Procyon and Mars might hard to pick out without the help of tonights moon or a good constellation chart. People living in very big cities still see a few stars while those in country areas away from lights can see more. Since the Moon is up and reasonably bright around midnight expect to see a shooting star around every few minutes between about 11 pm.
Look northeast to see another bright star Arcturus in the constellation of Bootes the Herdsman. In nearly all showers the radiant is highest just before dawn but any time beween midnight and dawn gives you a view of most meteors head-on for a more frequent display. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope in partnership with NASAs Universe of Learning.
What time can I see the meteor showers. Jupiter and Saturn adorn the early morning hours. The best time to see the shooting stars of the peaking Draconids is just after nightfall.
Choose your state then city to see when the International Space Station can be seen crossing the sky. By clicking any of these links you. Very difficult to see.
89 Oct Oct 89. Stellarium also provides an at-a-glance overview of what planets will be visible in the night sky for you tonight as well as the times that they will be visible from and to. The horizon is all the way around the edge with the middle being right overhead as if you were standing on a hill somewhere dark and could see the entire sky.
On the other hand Castor and Pollux are extremely noticeable in the night sky. Mars is the only easy-to-see bright planet in the evening sky. Find planets stars and constellations using our Interactive Night Sky Map.
Extremely difficult to see. Night sky April 2021. Bookmark this page as your one-stop planning resource for astronomy events.
The Lyrids caused by. The pictures below show where the planets will be in the sky around the UK tonight and the patterns of the stars constellations around them. Light pollution and atmospheric hazes reduce the number of stars that can be seen even more.
Starting around midnight your location on the globe spins around to the forward-facing half of Earth in relation to the direction of orbit. Tonights Sky is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. Download a sky map for the current month.