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• Find key information, position data and sky charts for Planets, Asteroids, Comets, Interplanetary Probes.
• Use our Observing Guide to plan observations of the Solar System objects visible tonight from your location.
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Popular objects this week

Popular objects this week

Current Solar System Configuration

This interactive 3D model shows the today's configuration of the major bodies of the Solar System along their orbits. It is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. For more advanced features, check out our 3D Solar System Simulator. Please provide us feedback!

The Sun and the Moon Today

Here is how the Sun and the Moon look like today.

The Planets Today

Key information about the Planets today. Click each row to go to each planet's detail page. Click the blue 'full screen' icon () to view an accurate deep sky chart showing the planet's current position.

	Planet	R.A.	Decl.	MagnitudeMag		ConstellationConst	Map
	Venus	08h 40m 29s	+20° 23’ 48”	-4.02		Cancer
	Jupiter	14h 46m 24s	-14° 51’ 23”	-2.37		Libra
	Mars	20h 49m 13s	-22° 08’ 26”	-1.82		Capricornus
	Mercury	07h 04m 34s	+24° 35’ 58”	-0.76		Gemini
	Saturn	18h 26m 31s	-22° 26’ 02”	0.95		Sagittarius
	Uranus	01h 57m 41s	+11° 27’ 25”	5.86		Aries
	Neptune	23h 10m 50s	-06° 18’ 55”	7.88		Aquarius

Bright Comets Today

These are the top 10 brightest comets currently visible in the sky. Please keep in mind that, since comets are highly dynamic objects, the magnitude reported here is an approximation that sometimes can be largely different from the actual value.

Click on each line to go to the comet's detail page, or click the blue 'full screen' icon () to view an accurate deep sky chart showing the comet's current position in real time. Also check the full list of tracked comets (123)

	Comet	R.A.	Decl.	MagnitudeMag		ConstellationConst	Map
	C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS)	18h 23m 41s	-38° 54’ 40”	11.28		Corona Australis CrA
	C/2017 T3 (ATLAS)	04h 41m 52s	+12° 02’ 43”	12.51		Taurus Tau
	C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)	08h 08m 28s	+39° 38’ 21”	13.36		Lynx Lyn
	P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS)	08h 48m 36s	+06° 24’ 12”	13.66		Cancer Cnc
	P/2010 H2 (Vales)	15h 37m 27s	-20° 06’ 01”	14.00		Libra Lib
	C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)	02h 14m 06s	+59° 06’ 35”	14.14		Perseus Per
	C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)	07h 13m 07s	+50° 56’ 49”	14.24		Lynx Lyn
	29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1	23h 19m 34s	+00° 44’ 49”	14.76		Pisces Psc
	C/2017 M4 (ATLAS)	17h 57m 52s	+45° 14’ 59”	14.83		Hercules Her
	21P/Giacobini-Zinner	21h 04m 12s	+43° 59’ 27”	14.93		Cygnus Cyg

Bright Asteroids Today

These are the top 10 brightest asteroids visible tonight. Click on each line to go to the asteroids's detail page, or click the blue 'full screen' icon () to view an accurate deep sky chart showing the asteroids's current position in real time. Also check the full list of tracked asteroids and dward planets (62)

	Asteroid	R.A.	Decl.	MagnitudeMag		ConstellationConst	Map
	4 Vesta	17h 52m 01s	-19° 49’ 17”	5.33		Sagittarius
	1 Ceres	10h 08m 41s	+21° 15’ 33”	8.76		Leo
	2 Pallas	07h 04m 20s	+01° 32’ 13”	8.95		Monoceros
	29 Amphitrite	17h 27m 08s	-32° 54’ 33”	9.54		Scorpius
	9 Metis	17h 35m 27s	-25° 59’ 04”	9.74		Ophiucus
	3 Juno	01h 34m 43s	+07° 36’ 52”	9.89		Pisces
	6 Hebe	03h 08m 59s	+06° 58’ 32”	10.10		Cetus
	15 Eunomia	14h 12m 17s	-27° 27’ 49”	10.30		Hydra
	7 Iris	07h 47m 16s	+18° 09’ 07”	10.37		Gemini
	14 Irene	20h 46m 34s	-24° 28’ 21”	10.50		Capricornus