Tonight Timeline
This observing guide helps you plan your Solar System observations. It's divided into three sections, detailing visible objects for post-sunset, nighttime and pre-sunrise viewing. Only objects reaching at least 15° altitude and set/rise at least 15 minutes after/before the Sun are listed.
Objects Visible After Sunset
Object | Visibility | Set | Mag | Constellation | Map |
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Comet 81P/Wild | Professional Telescope |
17:40
0h 19m after sunset |
22.28 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 2007 OR10 | Professional Telescope |
17:40
0h 20m after sunset |
21.41 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 EA6 | Professional Telescope |
17:41
0h 20m after sunset |
29.47 | Aquarius | map |
Comet Encke (2P/Encke) | Professional Telescope |
17:41
0h 21m after sunset |
21.69 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 KQ4 | Professional Telescope |
17:42
0h 22m after sunset |
29.05 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 99942 Apophis | Professional Telescope |
17:45
0h 25m after sunset |
20.07 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 99942 Apophis | Professional Telescope |
17:45
0h 25m after sunset |
20.07 | Aquarius | map |
Comet C/2023 C2 (ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
17:45
0h 25m after sunset |
15.60 | Pegasus | map |
Comet C/2021 X1 (Maury-Attard) | Professional Telescope |
17:50
0h 30m after sunset |
19.37 | Delphinus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 BP4 | Professional Telescope |
17:54
0h 34m after sunset |
29.28 | Aquarius | map |
Mercury | Naked Eye |
17:55
0h 35m after sunset |
-1.38 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 77P/Longmore | Professional Telescope |
18:01
0h 41m after sunset |
21.77 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner | Large Telescope |
18:03
0h 43m after sunset |
15.19 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 2009 JF1 | Professional Telescope |
18:19
0h 59m after sunset |
28.35 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 TB | Professional Telescope |
18:20
1h 00m after sunset |
31.47 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB | Professional Telescope |
18:20
1h 00m after sunset |
27.65 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 JZ5 | Professional Telescope |
18:23
1h 03m after sunset |
29.64 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QB6 | Professional Telescope |
18:27
1h 07m after sunset |
27.42 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 DU | Professional Telescope |
18:27
1h 07m after sunset |
31.40 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 292220 | Professional Telescope |
18:28
1h 08m after sunset |
23.32 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 249P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
18:31
1h 11m after sunset |
18.43 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 37P/Forbes | Professional Telescope |
18:43
1h 23m after sunset |
18.61 | Pisces | map |
Comet 164P/Christensen | Large Telescope |
18:47
1h 27m after sunset |
17.88 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 XF | Professional Telescope |
18:54
1h 34m after sunset |
28.88 | Aquarius | map |
Saturn | Naked Eye |
18:57
1h 37m after sunset |
1.12 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro | Professional Telescope |
19:10
1h 50m after sunset |
21.31 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2003 LN6 | Professional Telescope |
19:11
1h 50m after sunset |
26.21 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 116P/Wild | Professional Telescope |
19:12
1h 52m after sunset |
22.82 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 GK6 | Professional Telescope |
19:14
1h 54m after sunset |
29.84 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 1998 OR2 | Professional Telescope |
19:14
1h 54m after sunset |
22.33 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2010 VQ | Professional Telescope |
19:14
1h 54m after sunset |
30.06 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2010 VQ | Professional Telescope |
19:14
1h 54m after sunset |
30.06 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 MH4 | Professional Telescope |
19:16
1h 56m after sunset |
27.45 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid 16 Psyche | Small Telescope |
19:22
2h 02m after sunset |
11.40 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 125P/Spacewatch | Professional Telescope |
19:22
2h 02m after sunset |
23.95 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami | Professional Telescope |
19:22
2h 02m after sunset |
29.60 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 MK1 | Professional Telescope |
19:31
2h 10m after sunset |
27.03 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 EF1 | Professional Telescope |
19:31
2h 11m after sunset |
32.07 | Pisces | map |
Comet 289P/Blanpain | Professional Telescope |
19:32
2h 12m after sunset |
23.94 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2011 AH5 | Professional Telescope |
19:38
2h 18m after sunset |
29.32 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QX4 | Professional Telescope |
19:41
2h 21m after sunset |
25.73 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 PX | Professional Telescope |
19:42
2h 21m after sunset |
27.28 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 KU | Professional Telescope |
19:44
2h 24m after sunset |
24.03 | Pisces | map |
Comet 24P/Schaumasse | Professional Telescope |
19:49
2h 29m after sunset |
23.86 | Cetus | map |
Neptune | Binocular |
19:50
2h 30m after sunset |
7.82 | Pisces | map |
Comet C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
19:57
2h 36m after sunset |
17.53 | Pegasus | map |
Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup | Professional Telescope |
20:04
2h 44m after sunset |
23.00 | Pisces | map |
Comet C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
20:10
2h 50m after sunset |
15.75 | Pisces | map |
Comet 199P/Shoemaker | Professional Telescope |
20:11
2h 51m after sunset |
21.65 | Cetus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 AH3 | Professional Telescope |
20:11
2h 51m after sunset |
32.50 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 XE | Professional Telescope |
20:14
2h 54m after sunset |
31.45 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 JH1 | Professional Telescope |
20:17
2h 57m after sunset |
30.29 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BE5 | Professional Telescope |
20:24
3h 04m after sunset |
26.41 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BE5 | Professional Telescope |
20:24
3h 04m after sunset |
26.41 | Pisces | map |
Comet 252P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
20:34
3h 14m after sunset |
31.05 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 | Professional Telescope |
20:34
3h 14m after sunset |
31.35 | Pisces | map |
Comet C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) | Large Telescope |
20:35
3h 15m after sunset |
14.02 | Pegasus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 DR | Professional Telescope |
20:43
3h 22m after sunset |
29.73 | Cetus | map |
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak | Professional Telescope |
20:43
3h 23m after sunset |
23.89 | Cetus | map |
Comet P/2023 M4 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
20:44
3h 24m after sunset |
18.41 | Pisces | map |
Objects Visible During the Night
Objects Visible Before Sunrise
Object | Visibility | Rise | Mag | Constellation | Map |
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Asteroid (NEO) 2020 YB1 | Professional Telescope |
06:00
1h 07m before sunrise |
29.14 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid 1999 KW4 | Professional Telescope |
05:03
2h 04m before sunrise |
19.35 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 210P/Christensen | Professional Telescope |
06:19
0h 49m before sunrise |
23.40 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 78P/Gehrels | Professional Telescope |
05:07
2h 00m before sunrise |
20.00 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2020 U5 (PANSTARRS) | Professional Telescope |
05:09
1h 59m before sunrise |
21.65 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) | Professional Telescope |
05:14
1h 53m before sunrise |
29.28 | Sagittarius | map |
Pluto | Large Telescope |
06:37
0h 31m before sunrise |
14.55 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 94P/Russell | Professional Telescope |
06:40
0h 28m before sunrise |
22.32 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 6 Hebe | Small Telescope |
04:50
2h 18m before sunrise |
10.74 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2014 XC8 | Professional Telescope |
06:08
1h 00m before sunrise |
28.42 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 433 Eros | Large Telescope |
06:29
0h 38m before sunrise |
14.15 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 70P/Kojima | Professional Telescope |
06:07
1h 00m before sunrise |
24.69 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 35396 | Professional Telescope |
05:56
1h 11m before sunrise |
19.04 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 269P/Jedicke | Professional Telescope |
05:26
1h 41m before sunrise |
24.15 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 | Professional Telescope |
06:12
0h 56m before sunrise |
28.67 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 VL64 | Professional Telescope |
06:23
0h 45m before sunrise |
29.65 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 SN3 | Professional Telescope |
03:40
3h 27m before sunrise |
29.00 | Aquila | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 SN6 | Professional Telescope |
06:26
0h 42m before sunrise |
31.99 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 398P/Boattini | Professional Telescope |
06:17
0h 50m before sunrise |
25.09 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 GY1 | Professional Telescope |
05:52
1h 15m before sunrise |
30.77 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 GQ2 | Professional Telescope |
19:14
11h 53m before sunrise |
23.03 | Bootes | map |
Asteroid 2016 WF9 | Professional Telescope |
06:30
0h 37m before sunrise |
27.30 | Capricornus | map |
Comet C/2024 B1 (Lemmon) | Large Telescope |
00:50
6h 17m before sunrise |
17.4 | Hercules | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 BB | Professional Telescope |
06:39
0h 28m before sunrise |
29.94 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff | Professional Telescope |
05:32
1h 36m before sunrise |
25.29 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 217P/LINEAR | Large Telescope |
06:32
0h 35m before sunrise |
17.59 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 UO1 | Professional Telescope |
05:27
1h 41m before sunrise |
32.00 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2004 DF2 | Professional Telescope |
06:49
0h 18m before sunrise |
29.11 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 2002 NT7 | Professional Telescope |
04:54
2h 14m before sunrise |
21.51 | Aquila | map |
Comet C/2023 R2 (PANSTARRS) | Professional Telescope |
03:16
3h 52m before sunrise |
18.81 | Aquila | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 UC4 | Professional Telescope |
06:41
0h 26m before sunrise |
28.86 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2001 AV43 | Professional Telescope |
06:43
0h 24m before sunrise |
27.89 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 VN2 | Professional Telescope |
06:45
0h 22m before sunrise |
29.42 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 12 Victoria | Small Telescope |
06:08
0h 59m before sunrise |
11.38 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 TD167 | Professional Telescope |
06:50
0h 18m before sunrise |
31.09 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 2 Pallas | Small Telescope |
03:31
3h 36m before sunrise |
10.51 | Aquila | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2014 HB177 | Professional Telescope |
07:09
23h 58m before sunrise |
29.86 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 48P/Johnson | Large Telescope |
07:33
23h 35m before sunrise |
16.43 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 1 Ceres | Binocular |
08:00
23h 07m before sunrise |
8.98 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QT7 | Professional Telescope |
07:11
23h 56m before sunrise |
30.81 | Capricornus | map |
Comet C/2022 U1 (Leonard) | Professional Telescope |
02:40
4h 27m before sunrise |
19.09 | Aquila | map |
Comet 209P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
09:17
21h 51m before sunrise |
22.75 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 2014 SR349 | Professional Telescope |
09:13
21h 55m before sunrise |
23.81 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 SB | Professional Telescope |
06:34
0h 33m before sunrise |
28.18 | Aquarius | map |
Comet C/2021 C5 (PANSTARRS) | Professional Telescope |
06:43
0h 24m before sunrise |
21.35 | Aquarius | map |
Tonight's Conjunctions
List of the closest conjunctions happening tonight 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 | |
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Comet 30P/Reinmuth | Asteroid 4 Vesta |
0° 53’ 25”
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Asteroid 20 Massalia | Asteroid 3200 Phaethon |
1° 05’ 59”
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Pluto | Asteroid 433 Eros |
1° 26’ 50”
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Comet C/2021 G2 (Atlas) | Asteroid 9 Metis |
1° 38’ 09”
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Comet 37P/Forbes | Comet 249P/LINEAR |
1° 53’ 06”
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Venus | Asteroid 7 Iris |
1° 58’ 02”
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