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 53P/Van Biesbroeck	Professional Telescope	20:31 0h 25m after sunset	20.23	Aries	Sky Map
Asteroid 2012 VP113	Professional Telescope	20:35 0h 29m after sunset	23.32	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon	Professional Telescope	20:36 0h 31m after sunset	18.32	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 2004 VN112	Professional Telescope	20:40 0h 35m after sunset	23.42	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2014 MU69	Professional Telescope	20:54 0h 48m after sunset	23.69	Aries	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S7 (Lemmon)	Professional Telescope	20:57 0h 51m after sunset	20.37	Eridanus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	21:09 1h 04m after sunset	23.51	Aries	Sky Map
Asteroid 90377 Sedna (2003 VB12)	Professional Telescope	21:10 1h 04m after sunset	20.89	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 294P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	21:18 1h 12m after sunset	29.26	Triangulum	Sky Map
Comet 240P/NEAT	Large Telescope	21:24 1h 18m after sunset	15.97	Aries	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 E1 (Borisov)	Professional Telescope	21:30 1h 25m after sunset	34.31	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2 Pallas	Binocular	21:30 1h 25m after sunset	9.07	Eridanus	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch)	Professional Telescope	21:47 1h 42m after sunset	19.37	Aries	Sky Map
Comet 297P/Beshore (2008 J2)	Professional Telescope	21:57 1h 52m after sunset	24.09	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2007 TG422	Professional Telescope	22:01 1h 56m after sunset	22.16	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 T3 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	22:18 2h 13m after sunset	14.87	Triangulum	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	22:27 2h 22m after sunset	18.61	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 209P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	22:32 2h 27m after sunset	29.15	Taurus	Sky Map
Venus	Naked Eye	22:34 2h 29m after sunset	-3.87	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 K6 (Jacques)	Large Telescope	22:41 2h 36m after sunset	17.16	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet P/2017 S5 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	22:43 2h 37m after sunset	21.37	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley	Professional Telescope	22:51 2h 45m after sunset	31.36	Aries	Sky Map
Asteroid 99942 Apophis	Professional Telescope	23:07 3h 02m after sunset	22.13	Taurus	Sky Map

Objects Visible for Most Part of the Night

Object	Visibility	Rise	Set	Magnitude	Constellation
Comet 185P/Petriew	Large Telescope	09:41	23:43	16.87	Orion	Sky Map
Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke	Professional Telescope	08:10	23:57	26.71	Taurus	Sky Map
Comet 22P/Kopff	Professional Telescope	08:15	00:03	21.51	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2017 XO2	Professional Telescope	10:31	00:11	25.94	Monoceros	Sky Map
Asteroid 7 Iris	Small Telescope	08:35	00:26	10.16	Taurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 17 Thetis	Large Telescope	08:39	00:38	13.42	Orion	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 Y2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.57	Andromeda	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 D4 (Borisov)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		32.05	Cepheus	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 N4 (MASTER)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		16.44	Cepheus	Sky Map
Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.51	Canes Venatici	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.41	Ursa Major	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.93	Draco	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		16.86	Lynx	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN1)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.32	Lynx	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 X7 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.89	Bootes	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		16.54	Cassiopeia	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.42	Ursa Major	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 US10 (CATALINA)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.00	Perseus	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		12.83	Camelopardalis	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.37	Lynx	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		15.45	Cygnus	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.02	Auriga	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	15:21	01:14	18.80	Hydra	Sky Map
Comet Halley (1P/Halley)	Professional Telescope	12:51	01:18	25.52	Hydra	Sky Map
Asteroid 349 Dembowska (1892 T)	Small Telescope	07:19	01:27	11.51	Auriga	Sky Map
Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1	Professional Telescope	07:54	01:41	19.89	Auriga	Sky Map
Comet 92P/Sanguin	Professional Telescope	13:04	01:49	27.70	Hydra	Sky Map
Asteroid 20 Massalia	Small Telescope	09:46	01:52	10.91	Gemini	Sky Map
Asteroid 1036 Ganymed	Large Telescope	16:21	02:02	15.75	Hydra	Sky Map
Comet P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE)	Professional Telescope	10:48	02:13	29.72	Gemini	Sky Map
Asteroid 288P (2006 VW139)	Professional Telescope	09:44	02:22	22.34	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet 88P/Howell	Professional Telescope	09:36	02:38	22.82	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet 217P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	10:23	02:39	19.93	Gemini	Sky Map
Asteroid 8 Flora	Small Telescope	10:05	02:43	10.96	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet 10P/Tempel 2	Professional Telescope	10:27	02:47	21.38	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet 6P/d'Arrest	Professional Telescope	11:38	02:49	24.53	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 19 Fortuna	Large Telescope	12:07	03:01	12.16	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught	Professional Telescope	10:22	03:06	27.75	Gemini	Sky Map
Asteroid 11 Parthenope	Small Telescope	11:14	03:07	11.79	Cancer	Sky Map
Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	18:43	03:11	19.38	Corvus	Sky Map
Comet 17P/Holmes	Professional Telescope	17:16	03:12	20.17	Crater	Sky Map
Asteroid 3122 Florence (1981 ET3)	Professional Telescope	09:23	03:13	18.48	Gemini	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 A6 (Gibbs)	Professional Telescope	14:14	03:24	18.56	Leo	Sky Map
Asteroid 2002 AJ129	Professional Telescope	10:54	03:32	22.66	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 2012 TC4	Professional Telescope	12:57	03:37	29.82	Leo	Sky Map
Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham	Professional Telescope	12:10	03:42	22.07	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 2014 FE72	Professional Telescope	18:21	03:46	24.22	Corvus	Sky Map
Comet 154P/Brewington	Professional Telescope	19:22	03:54	25.35	Corvus	Sky Map
Comet 51P/Harrington	Professional Telescope	13:16	04:28	26.87	Leo	Sky Map
The Moon Waxing Gibbous	Naked Eye	14:48	04:30	-11.30	Leo	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 1 Ceres	Binocular	10:50	04:42	8.32	Cancer	Sky Map
Asteroid 2013 FT28	Professional Telescope	18:54	04:44	24.23	Virgo	Sky Map
Asteroid 79 Eurynome	Large Telescope	17:18	04:47	12.17	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 15P/Finlay	Professional Telescope	16:20	04:51	28.68	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 284P/McNaught	Professional Telescope	14:34	04:52	24.58	Leo	Sky Map
Comet P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	09:27	05:16	16.75	Lynx	Sky Map
Asteroid 18 Melpomene	Small Telescope	15:38	05:30	10.90	Leo	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 A3 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	18:48	05:49	19.72	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 269P/Jedicke	Professional Telescope	21:25	06:00	19.92	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova	Professional Telescope	20:09	06:24	33.84	Libra	Sky Map
Jupiter	Naked Eye	21:22	06:30	-2.49	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 108P/Ciffreo	Professional Telescope	21:40	06:34	29.77	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR	Professional Telescope	22:29	06:36	25.26	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 F1 (Grauer)	Professional Telescope	15:59	06:38	18.53	Coma	Sky Map
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko	Professional Telescope	22:19	06:39	22.84	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley	Professional Telescope	22:30	06:45	22.39	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet 4P/Faye	Professional Telescope	20:57	06:51	22.15	Libra	Sky Map
Asteroid 16 Psyche	Small Telescope	21:22	06:57	10.67	Libra	Sky Map
Asteroid 2010 GB174	Professional Telescope	16:34	07:00	25.14	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan 1	Large Telescope	18:07	07:04	15.08	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 S1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	21:05	07:08	23.20	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 104P/Kowal 2	Professional Telescope	22:51	07:13	24.08	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales)	Large Telescope	22:41	07:24	13.84	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet C/2018 A3 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	12:17	07:25	17.09	Leo Minor	Sky Map
Comet 19P/Borrelly	Professional Telescope	22:24	08:09	24.57	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake	Large Telescope	15:22	08:09	17.10	Coma	Sky Map
Comet 24P/Schaumasse	Large Telescope	22:31	08:12	14.61	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 136108 Haumea	Large Telescope	17:26	08:30	17.30	Bootes	Sky Map
Saturn	Naked Eye	01:30	09:21	1.27	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 210P/Christensen	Professional Telescope	01:29	09:21	25.81	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 4 Vesta	Binocular	00:34	09:29	6.58	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 2016 HO3	Professional Telescope	13:10	09:47	22.10	Canes Venatici	Sky Map
Asteroid 2016 WF9	Professional Telescope	23:55	10:06	26.59	Serpens	Sky Map
Mars	Naked Eye	02:26	10:08	-0.24	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet Pluto	Large Telescope	02:17	10:18	14.31	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 96P/Machholz	Professional Telescope	02:09	10:36	20.63	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 14 Irene	Small Telescope	03:16	11:14	11.29	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet 333P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	03:06	11:25	24.26	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)	Professional Telescope	22:38	11:28	29.56	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell	Professional Telescope	04:00	11:47	29.54	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	01:10	11:49	12.39	Aquila	Sky Map
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks	Professional Telescope	21:36	12:05	28.83	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	04:39	13:34	20.39	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 1566 Icarus	Professional Telescope	05:35	13:42	21.10	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 65P/Gunn	Large Telescope	04:55	13:44	16.15	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner	Large Telescope	22:51	13:46	15.68	Aquila	Sky Map
Comet 46P/Wirtanen	Professional Telescope	05:00	13:51	20.93	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 2007 OR10	Professional Telescope	04:15	14:09	21.37	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 Q2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	01:45	14:12	20.30	Equuleus	Sky Map
Comet 81P/Wild 2	Professional Telescope	04:10	14:31	21.42	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 40P/Vaisala 1	Professional Telescope	04:53	15:09	35.76	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet Encke (2P/Encke)	Professional Telescope	04:23	15:12	21.03	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 5 Astraea	Large Telescope	04:27	15:19	12.88	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 433 Eros	Large Telescope	04:07	15:20	14.92	Aquarius	Sky Map
Neptune	Binocular	04:28	15:20	7.94	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina)	Large Telescope	04:05	15:20	17.23	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1	Large Telescope	03:59	15:29	15.06	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 10 Hygiea	Small Telescope	04:13	15:50	11.59	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	03:47	15:51	21.37	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 77P/Longmore	Professional Telescope	05:42	16:07	22.02	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak	Professional Telescope	04:59	16:08	27.99	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 116P/Wild 4	Professional Telescope	04:50	16:12	23.31	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	04:03	16:14	35.57	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma	Large Telescope	06:22	16:15	17.53	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 252P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	04:09	16:16	28.88	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 P2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	04:32	16:30	23.12	Pisces	Sky Map

Objects Visible Just Before Sunrise

Object	Visibility	Rise	Magnitude	Constellation
Asteroid 3 Juno	Small Telescope	04:38 1h 11m before sunrise	10.26	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 2015 TB145	Professional Telescope	07:08 22h 41m before sunrise	25.99	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 95P/Chiron (1977 UB)	Professional Telescope	04:26 1h 23m before sunrise	18.82	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	03:43 2h 06m before sunrise	16.31	Pisces	Sky Map
Mercury	Naked Eye	05:17 0h 33m before sunrise	0.55	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2015 RR245	Professional Telescope	04:42 1h 07m before sunrise	21.83	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 6 Hebe	Small Telescope	05:55 23h 54m before sunrise	10.04	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 12 Victoria	Small Telescope	04:29 1h 20m before sunrise	11.62	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 134P/Kowal-Vavrova	Professional Telescope	04:59 0h 50m before sunrise	24.37	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid 2015 BN509	Professional Telescope	05:13 0h 36m before sunrise	21.69	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)	Professional Telescope	08:19 21h 30m before sunrise	23.30	Cetus	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris	Professional Telescope	06:41 23h 08m before sunrise	18.80	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 71P/Clark	Professional Telescope	05:57 23h 52m before sunrise	20.19	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet 25D/Neujmin 2	Professional Telescope	04:58 0h 51m before sunrise	24.80	Pisces	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 2014 UZ224	Professional Telescope	08:48 21h 01m before sunrise	23.18	Eridanus	Sky Map
Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua)	Professional Telescope	03:43 2h 06m before sunrise	29.87	Pisces	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	08:35 21h 14m before sunrise	18.64	Eridanus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2013 RF98	Professional Telescope	07:28 22h 21m before sunrise	24.53	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 324 Bamberga	Small Telescope	04:59 0h 50m before sunrise	10.72	Pisces	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 210P/Christensen	Saturn	0° 01’ 45”	Sky Map
Neptune	Asteroid 5 Astraea	0° 20’ 33”	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina)	Asteroid 433 Eros	0° 24’ 55”	Sky Map
Comet 209P/LINEAR	Venus	1° 01’ 00”	Sky Map
Comet 19P/Borrelly	Comet 24P/Schaumasse	1° 09’ 14”	Sky Map
Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS)	Comet 252P/LINEAR	1° 10’ 46”	Sky Map
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR	Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko	1° 12’ 53”	Sky Map
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR	Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley	1° 22’ 53”	Sky Map
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak	Comet 116P/Wild 4	1° 23’ 59”	Sky Map
Comet Encke (2P/Encke)	Asteroid 5 Astraea	1° 24’ 06”	Sky Map
Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke	Comet 22P/Kopff	1° 25’ 16”	Sky Map
Comet 10P/Tempel 2	Comet 217P/LINEAR	1° 25’ 33”	Sky Map
Comet 46P/Wirtanen	Comet 65P/Gunn	1° 26’ 01”	Sky Map
Mars	Dwarf Planet Pluto	1° 26’ 35”	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina)	Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1	1° 31’ 33”	Sky Map
Comet 333P/LINEAR	Asteroid 14 Irene	1° 33’ 44”	Sky Map
Comet P/2017 R1 (PANSTARRS)	Uranus	1° 37’ 53”	Sky Map
Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales)	Comet 104P/Kowal 2	1° 39’ 29”	Sky Map
Comet Encke (2P/Encke)	Neptune	1° 42’ 41”	Sky Map
Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)	Venus	1° 46’ 06”	Sky Map
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1	Asteroid 433 Eros	1° 47’ 23”	Sky Map
Comet 88P/Howell	Asteroid 288P (2006 VW139)	1° 51’ 58”	Sky Map
Comet 354P/LINEAR	Asteroid 29 Amphitrite	1° 52’ 22”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 171576	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 2005 TE49	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 2008 WM61	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 SB20	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 SS16	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 TA	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 2017 TB	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 3 Juno	Asteroid (NEO) 444584	1° 52’ 30”	Sky Map
Asteroid 7 Iris	Asteroid 17 Thetis	1° 58’ 05”	Sky Map