Tonight's Observing Guide

Observing guide of astronomical events visible tonight from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

This page lists the Solar System objects visible tonight from Greenwich, United Kingdom following an ideal timeline that goes from today's sunset to tomorrow's sunrise. Only objects that will reach an altitude of at least 15° and set/rise at least 15 minutes after/before the Sun for given location are listed.

All rise and set times are expressed in local time (Europe/London) and are approximated with an error that could be as large as few minutes.

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Objects Visible Just After Sunset

Object	Visibility	Set	Magnitude	Constellation
Comet Halley (1P/Halley)	Professional Telescope	21:42 0h 31m after sunset	25.57	Hydra	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 K6 (Jacques)	Professional Telescope	21:58 0h 47m after sunset	18.04	Auriga	Sky Map
Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3)	Professional Telescope	22:02 0h 50m after sunset	21.56	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	22:18 1h 07m after sunset	19.87	Hydra	Sky Map
Comet 185P/Petriew	Professional Telescope	22:20 1h 09m after sunset	18.98	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 17 Thetis	Large Telescope	22:27 1h 16m after sunset	13.29	Gemini	Sky Map
Mercury	Naked Eye	22:28 1h 16m after sunset	-0.81	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet 92P/Sanguin	Professional Telescope	22:29 1h 18m after sunset	28.12	Hydra	Sky Map
Asteroid 7 Iris	Small Telescope	22:31 1h 20m after sunset	10.37	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	22:33 1h 21m after sunset	13.70	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 2017 XO2	Professional Telescope	22:37 1h 25m after sunset	25.99	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1	Professional Telescope	22:45 1h 34m after sunset	19.96	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE)	Professional Telescope	22:49 1h 37m after sunset	30.08	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 99942 Apophis	Professional Telescope	22:53 1h 42m after sunset	22.34	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 1036 Ganymed	Large Telescope	23:02 1h 50m after sunset	16.22	Sextans	Sky Map
Asteroid 349 Dembowska (1892 T)	Small Telescope	23:11 1h 59m after sunset	11.54	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 A6 (Gibbs)	Professional Telescope	23:18 2h 06m after sunset	18.31	Sextans	Sky Map
Comet 88P/Howell	Professional Telescope	23:23 2h 12m after sunset	22.98	Gemini	Sky Map
Asteroid 288P (2006 VW139)	Professional Telescope	23:28 2h 17m after sunset	22.55	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet 6P/d'Arrest	Professional Telescope	23:30 2h 18m after sunset	24.83	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 20 Massalia	Small Telescope	23:30 2h 19m after sunset	11.23	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet 10P/Tempel 2	Professional Telescope	23:33 2h 22m after sunset	22.60	Cancer	Sky Map
Venus	Naked Eye	23:37 2h 26m after sunset	-4.02	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	23:38 2h 26m after sunset	20.00	Crater	Sky Map
Comet 17P/Holmes	Professional Telescope	23:38 2h 27m after sunset	20.45	Crater	Sky Map
Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught	Professional Telescope	23:43 2h 32m after sunset	28.06	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet 217P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	23:45 2h 34m after sunset	20.89	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 3122 Florence (1981 ET3)	Professional Telescope	23:49 2h 37m after sunset	19.10	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 19 Fortuna	Large Telescope	00:00 2h 49m after sunset	12.71	Leo	Sky Map
Asteroid 8 Flora	Small Telescope	00:06 2h 55m after sunset	11.43	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 2014 FE72	Professional Telescope	00:06 2h 55m after sunset	24.31	Corvus	Sky Map
Asteroid 11 Parthenope	Large Telescope	00:07 2h 56m after sunset	12.13	Leo	Sky Map
Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham	Professional Telescope	00:10 2h 59m after sunset	22.80	Leo	Sky Map
Asteroid 2016 HO3	Professional Telescope	00:13 3h 01m after sunset	23.51	Crater	Sky Map
Comet 154P/Brewington	Professional Telescope	00:13 3h 02m after sunset	25.59	Corvus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2002 AJ129	Professional Telescope	00:26 3h 15m after sunset	23.78	Leo	Sky Map
Asteroid 2012 TC4	Professional Telescope	00:36 3h 25m after sunset	31.05	Leo	Sky Map

Objects Visible for Most Part of the Night

Object	Visibility	Rise	Set	Magnitude	Constellation
Comet 51P/Harrington	Professional Telescope	10:03	00:48	27.36	Leo	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 N4 (MASTER)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.11	Ursa Major	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 US10 (CATALINA)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.69	Perseus	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 X7 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.33	Bootes	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.24	Lynx	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.18	Lynx	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.74	Leo Minor	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		15.06	Ursa Major	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		13.36	Lynx	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 D4 (Borisov)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		32.34	Cepheus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.71	Draco	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN1)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.86	Ursa Major	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.83	Hercules	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 Y2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.16	Cassiopeia	Sky Map
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.96	Cygnus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.19	Perseus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2013 FT28	Professional Telescope	15:14	01:07	24.33	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	07:55	01:08	21.57	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet 15P/Finlay	Professional Telescope	12:35	01:09	28.96	Virgo	Sky Map
The Moon Waxing Crescent	Naked Eye	11:46	01:11	-9.72	Leo	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	15:04	01:14	18.87	Virgo	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 1 Ceres	Binocular	09:19	01:16	8.76	Leo	Sky Map
Comet 284P/McNaught	Professional Telescope	11:10	01:17	24.91	Leo	Sky Map
Asteroid 79 Eurynome	Large Telescope	13:38	01:19	13.18	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh	Large Telescope	11:56	01:35	17.11	Leo	Sky Map
Asteroid 18 Melpomene	Small Telescope	12:21	01:53	11.77	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 A3 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	14:54	02:10	20.03	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 269P/Jedicke	Professional Telescope	17:19	02:16	20.15	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova	Professional Telescope	15:46	02:26	34.72	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 108P/Ciffreo	Professional Telescope	17:25	02:35	29.83	Libra	Sky Map
Jupiter	Naked Eye	17:13	02:39	-2.37	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko	Professional Telescope	17:59	02:40	22.96	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR	Professional Telescope	18:00	02:45	25.21	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan 1	Large Telescope	14:44	02:46	17.56	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley	Professional Telescope	18:12	02:53	22.45	Libra	Sky Map
Asteroid 16 Psyche	Small Telescope	16:56	02:56	11.07	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 4P/Faye	Professional Telescope	16:42	02:59	22.22	Libra	Sky Map
Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales)	Large Telescope	18:35	02:59	14.00	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 104P/Kowal 2	Professional Telescope	18:24	03:15	24.27	Libra	Sky Map
Asteroid 2010 GB174	Professional Telescope	12:56	03:22	25.20	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 24P/Schaumasse	Large Telescope	18:06	03:26	16.82	Libra	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 F1 (Grauer)	Professional Telescope	11:57	03:30	18.28	Coma	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 S1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	15:49	03:35	24.36	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 A3 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	07:30	03:43	17.07	Leo Minor	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 K1 (Weiland)	Large Telescope	19:35	03:47	17.48	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet 19P/Borrelly	Professional Telescope	18:14	04:00	24.63	Libra	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake	Large Telescope	11:45	04:29	17.16	Coma	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 136108 Haumea	Large Telescope	13:47	04:50	17.38	Bootes	Sky Map
Comet 210P/Christensen	Professional Telescope	21:23	05:10	25.39	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 4 Vesta	Binocular	20:48	05:15	5.33	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Saturn	Naked Eye	21:39	05:32	0.95	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 2016 WF9	Professional Telescope	19:38	05:54	26.16	Serpens	Sky Map
Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski	Professional Telescope	09:05	06:12	25.20	Canes Venatici	Sky Map
KBO 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule)	Professional Telescope	22:07	06:26	27.50	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet Pluto	Large Telescope	22:35	06:38	14.23	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)	Professional Telescope	18:43	07:37	29.84	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Mars	Naked Eye	23:59	07:56	-1.80	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell	Professional Telescope	00:23	08:07	29.14	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks	Professional Telescope	17:40	08:24	28.65	Hercules	Sky Map
Comet C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	01:03	09:54	20.38	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 2007 OR10	Professional Telescope	00:35	10:34	21.35	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 Q2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	21:37	10:42	19.99	Equuleus	Sky Map
Comet 65P/Gunn	Large Telescope	01:55	11:14	15.89	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 81P/Wild 2	Professional Telescope	00:41	11:23	21.32	Aquarius	Sky Map
Neptune	Binocular	00:50	11:48	7.88	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 40P/Vaisala 1	Professional Telescope	01:28	11:51	35.77	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 46P/Wirtanen	Professional Telescope	02:20	11:56	18.42	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet Encke (2P/Encke)	Professional Telescope	00:49	12:09	20.83	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 1566 Icarus	Professional Telescope	03:47	12:21	19.79	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1	Large Telescope	00:23	12:32	14.76	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	00:17	13:00	21.07	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Large Telescope	01:21	13:00	12.53	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	00:34	13:14	35.37	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 252P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	00:39	13:17	28.67	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak	Professional Telescope	01:47	13:23	28.29	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 116P/Wild 4	Professional Telescope	01:29	13:27	23.19	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 77P/Longmore	Professional Telescope	02:18	13:28	21.94	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 95P/Chiron (1977 UB)	Professional Telescope	00:49	13:31	18.83	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 10 Hygiea	Small Telescope	00:51	13:38	11.41	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 P2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	02:17	13:44	24.20	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2015 RR245	Professional Telescope	01:07	14:09	21.85	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 134P/Kowal-Vavrova	Professional Telescope	01:33	14:44	24.36	Pisces	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris	Professional Telescope	03:06	14:44	18.84	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 433 Eros	Large Telescope	00:50	14:48	14.40	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 2015 TB145	Professional Telescope	04:01	14:48	25.52	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma	Large Telescope	03:35	14:59	15.73	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)	Professional Telescope	05:04	15:02	23.68	Eridanus	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Small Telescope	02:06	15:20	9.89	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA)	Large Telescope	02:13	15:29	15.97	Pisces	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 2014 UZ224	Professional Telescope	05:13	15:33	23.20	Eridanus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	00:04	15:37	16.66	Pisces	Sky Map
Uranus	Binocular	02:09	16:05	5.86	Aries	Sky Map
Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua)	Professional Telescope	23:47	16:19	30.62	Andromeda	Sky Map
Asteroid 2013 RF98	Professional Telescope	03:55	16:22	24.60	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	05:12	16:28	18.23	Eridanus	Sky Map
Asteroid 6 Hebe	Small Telescope	03:43	16:51	10.10	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 25D/Neujmin 2	Professional Telescope	01:44	16:51	24.08	Aries	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 E2 (Barros)	Professional Telescope	08:22	16:54	19.67	Lepus	Sky Map
Comet 71P/Clark	Professional Telescope	02:55	16:55	20.61	Aries	Sky Map
Asteroid 12 Victoria	Small Telescope	01:47	16:59	11.83	Aries	Sky Map
Asteroid 2012 VP113	Professional Telescope	04:29	17:02	23.34	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2004 VN112	Professional Telescope	03:37	17:11	23.47	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet P/2017 R1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	02:46	17:12	22.80	Aries	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S7 (Lemmon)	Professional Telescope	05:53	17:30	20.45	Eridanus	Sky Map
Asteroid 90377 Sedna (2003 VB12)	Professional Telescope	04:19	17:37	20.90	Taurus	Sky Map

Objects Visible Just Before Sunrise

Object	Visibility	Rise	Magnitude	Constellation
Comet 9P/Tempel 1	Professional Telescope	03:17 1h 32m before sunrise	21.79	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck	Professional Telescope	03:35 1h 14m before sunrise	20.46	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2007 TG422	Professional Telescope	05:02 23h 47m before sunrise	22.14	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2015 BN509	Professional Telescope	03:33 1h 17m before sunrise	23.52	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 E1 (Borisov)	Professional Telescope	05:03 23h 46m before sunrise	35.53	Orion	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	03:29 1h 20m before sunrise	24.08	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 213P/Van Ness	Professional Telescope	01:58 2h 51m before sunrise	26.31	Aries	Sky Map
Comet 294P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	00:24 4h 25m before sunrise	28.75	Triangulum	Sky Map
Comet 297P/Beshore (2008 J2)	Professional Telescope	04:19 0h 30m before sunrise	23.99	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon	Professional Telescope	01:13 3h 36m before sunrise	19.33	Aries	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch)	Professional Telescope	03:26 1h 23m before sunrise	19.71	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	04:02 0h 47m before sunrise	19.27	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 E1 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	09:35 19h 14m before sunrise	17.85	Monoceros	Sky Map
Asteroid 324 Bamberga	Small Telescope	02:26 2h 23m before sunrise	11.22	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley	Professional Telescope	01:32 3h 17m before sunrise	31.43	Perseus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2 Pallas	Binocular	08:05 20h 44m before sunrise	8.95	Monoceros	Sky Map
Comet 209P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	03:39 1h 10m before sunrise	28.57	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet P/2017 S5 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	04:53 23h 57m before sunrise	21.95	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 240P/NEAT	Large Telescope	04:16 0h 33m before sunrise	16.06	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke	Professional Telescope	05:05 23h 44m before sunrise	26.80	Orion	Sky Map

Tonight's Conjunctions

In astronomy a conjunction is defined as a close apparent alignment in the sky between two or more celestial bodies. Here we list, the closest conjunctions happening between objects we are currently tracking, in order of increasing separation.

The green arrow indicates that the objects are currently getting closer, while the red arrow means that the objects are increasing their apparent separation.

Object 1	Object 2	Separation
Comet 6P/d'Arrest	Asteroid 20 Massalia	0° 19’ 39”	Sky Map
Comet P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE)	Asteroid 99942 Apophis	0° 37’ 35”	Sky Map
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR	Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko	0° 42’ 49”	Sky Map
Comet 10P/Tempel 2	Asteroid 288P (2006 VW139)	0° 58’ 32”	Sky Map
Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS)	Comet 252P/LINEAR	1° 03’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 10 Hygiea	Asteroid 95P/Chiron (1977 UB)	1° 16’ 10”	Sky Map
Comet 25D/Neujmin 2	Asteroid 12 Victoria	1° 25’ 22”	Sky Map
Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham	Asteroid 11 Parthenope	1° 27’ 01”	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS)	Asteroid 2013 FT28	1° 38’ 54”	Sky Map
Comet 108P/Ciffreo	Jupiter	1° 43’ 56”	Sky Map
Comet 96P/Machholz	Saturn	1° 49’ 23”	Sky Map
Comet 10P/Tempel 2	Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught	1° 51’ 10”	Sky Map
Comet 217P/LINEAR	Venus	1° 51’ 40”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 171576	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 2005 TE49	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 2008 WM61	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 SB20	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 SS16	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 TA	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 TB	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Asteroid (NEO) 444584	1° 51’ 50”	Sky Map
Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke	The Sun	1° 57’ 33”	Sky Map
Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught	Asteroid 288P (2006 VW139)	1° 59’ 34”	Sky Map