Tonight's Observing Guide from Iowa City, United States
Observing Location: Iowa City, United States
Latitude: 41° 39’ 39” N
Longitude: 91° 31’ 48” W
Timezone: America/Chicago
This organized Observing Guide is designed to provide key information for planning observing sessions of Solar System Objects from your location. The webpage is divided into three distinct sections, offering an overview of celestial objects visible during specific time intervals: post-sunset observations, nocturnal observations, pre-sunrise observations.
Only objects that will reach an altitude of at least 15° and set/rise at least 15 minutes after/before the Sun are listed. All rise and set times are expressed in local time (America/Chicago) and are approximated with an error that could be as large as few minutes.
Additional useful tools that you can consider when planning your observation sessions are the Online Sky Map and Planetarium and the list of Celestial Objects Visible Now.
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Objects Visible Just After Sunset
Object | Visibility | Set | Magnitude | Constellation | |
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Asteroid (NEO) 2019 DP | Professional Telescope |
20:46 0h 16m after sunset |
26.33 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 327P/Van Ness | Professional Telescope |
20:51 0h 21m after sunset |
24.46 | Monoceros | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 FK5 | Professional Telescope |
20:52 0h 22m after sunset |
31.20 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup | Professional Telescope |
20:54 0h 24m after sunset |
21.44 | Orion | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 VB7 | Professional Telescope |
20:55 0h 26m after sunset |
27.26 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2022 U3 (Bok) | Professional Telescope |
20:56 0h 26m after sunset |
19.28 | Perseus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 | Professional Telescope |
21:03 0h 33m after sunset |
29.11 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2012 XE133 | Professional Telescope |
21:10 0h 40m after sunset |
25.45 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 CO6 | Professional Telescope |
21:12 0h 42m after sunset |
28.40 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 1998 OR2 | Professional Telescope |
21:12 0h 42m after sunset |
20.78 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2007 FT3 | Professional Telescope |
21:13 0h 43m after sunset |
23.11 | Perseus | Sky Map |
Comet 57P/duToit-Neujmin-Delporte | Professional Telescope |
21:17 0h 48m after sunset |
28.35 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 WV | Professional Telescope |
21:19 0h 49m after sunset |
27.39 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 WB | Professional Telescope |
21:19 0h 49m after sunset |
24.77 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2014 YN | Professional Telescope |
21:23 0h 53m after sunset |
27.91 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 1999 KW4 | Professional Telescope |
21:28 0h 58m after sunset |
18.57 | Monoceros | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 DK | Professional Telescope |
21:29 1h 00m after sunset |
27.34 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 DK | Professional Telescope |
21:29 1h 00m after sunset |
27.34 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 51P/Harrington | Professional Telescope |
21:29 1h 00m after sunset |
23.84 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 E3 (ZTF) | Professional Telescope |
21:33 1h 03m after sunset |
18.01 | Monoceros | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 G2 (Atlas) | Large Telescope |
21:38 1h 08m after sunset |
15.94 | Pyxis | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 UO1 | Professional Telescope |
21:39 1h 09m after sunset |
31.73 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach | Professional Telescope |
21:39 1h 10m after sunset |
19.76 | Orion | Sky Map |
Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) | Large Telescope |
21:41 1h 11m after sunset |
16.38 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
21:43 1h 13m after sunset |
12.9 | Pyxis | Sky Map |
Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught | Professional Telescope |
21:45 1h 15m after sunset |
25.86 | Orion | Sky Map |
Comet 44P/Reinmuth | Professional Telescope |
21:51 1h 21m after sunset |
20.02 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF) | Professional Telescope |
21:57 1h 27m after sunset |
20.45 | Monoceros | Sky Map |
Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4) | Professional Telescope |
22:01 1h 31m after sunset |
24.55 | Monoceros | Sky Map |
Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
22:09 1h 40m after sunset |
23.09 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Comet 6P/d'Arrest | Professional Telescope |
22:14 1h 44m after sunset |
25.28 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
22:15 1h 45m after sunset |
16.84 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Comet P/2021 N2 (Fuls) | Professional Telescope |
22:21 1h 51m after sunset |
18.73 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 CN2 | Professional Telescope |
22:34 2h 04m after sunset |
31.04 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 XF5 | Professional Telescope |
22:37 2h 08m after sunset |
29.29 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet C/2023 A1 (Leonard) | Professional Telescope |
22:38 2h 08m after sunset |
19.71 | Canis Minoris | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 GA2 | Professional Telescope |
22:44 2h 14m after sunset |
32.98 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2011 AH5 | Professional Telescope |
22:44 2h 14m after sunset |
28.16 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 KQ4 | Professional Telescope |
22:46 2h 16m after sunset |
28.86 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet 284P/McNaught | Professional Telescope |
22:46 2h 17m after sunset |
23.59 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 JD18 | Professional Telescope |
22:53 2h 23m after sunset |
32.17 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck | Professional Telescope |
22:53 2h 23m after sunset |
23.91 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid 288P (2006 VW139) | Professional Telescope |
22:54 2h 24m after sunset |
22.29 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle | Professional Telescope |
22:55 2h 25m after sunset |
36.78 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Comet Halley (1P/Halley) | Professional Telescope |
22:57 2h 27m after sunset |
25.63 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BE5 | Professional Telescope |
23:01 2h 31m after sunset |
27.67 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BE5 | Professional Telescope |
23:01 2h 31m after sunset |
27.67 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 LY1 | Professional Telescope |
23:04 2h 34m after sunset |
31.69 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet 66P/du Toit | Professional Telescope |
23:07 2h 37m after sunset |
27.91 | Auriga | Sky Map |
Asteroid 12 Victoria | Large Telescope |
23:07 2h 38m after sunset |
13.06 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid 349 Dembowska (1892 T) | Small Telescope |
23:08 2h 38m after sunset |
11.70 | Auriga | Sky Map |
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | Large Telescope |
23:14 2h 44m after sunset |
17.84 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 JW2 | Professional Telescope |
23:17 2h 47m after sunset |
29.66 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet 88P/Howell | Professional Telescope |
23:17 2h 47m after sunset |
22.04 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 | Professional Telescope |
23:19 2h 50m after sunset |
31.19 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
23:23 2h 53m after sunset |
15.90 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Comet 125P/Spacewatch | Professional Telescope |
23:25 2h 55m after sunset |
22.92 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid 324 Bamberga | Large Telescope |
23:26 2h 57m after sunset |
12.66 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 SN6 | Professional Telescope |
23:27 2h 57m after sunset |
31.33 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 DG | Professional Telescope |
23:27 2h 57m after sunset |
32.49 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BX1 | Professional Telescope |
23:29 2h 59m after sunset |
30.87 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet 68P/Klemola | Professional Telescope |
23:30 3h 00m after sunset |
25.89 | Cancer | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 137108 | Professional Telescope |
23:32 3h 03m after sunset |
22.55 | Perseus | Sky Map |
Comet 249P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
23:33 3h 03m after sunset |
25.08 | Cancer | Sky Map |
Comet 10P/Tempel | Professional Telescope |
23:35 3h 05m after sunset |
21.39 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 EF1 | Professional Telescope |
23:39 3h 09m after sunset |
31.50 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2 Pallas | Binocular |
23:46 3h 17m after sunset |
8.96 | Cancer | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 WG2 | Professional Telescope |
23:47 3h 18m after sunset |
28.22 | Sextans | Sky Map |
Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
23:48 3h 18m after sunset |
19.13 | Auriga | Sky Map |
Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT | Professional Telescope |
23:48 3h 18m after sunset |
27.33 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 SS2 | Professional Telescope |
23:50 3h 20m after sunset |
32.50 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Comet P/2021 N1 (ZTF) | Professional Telescope |
23:53 3h 23m after sunset |
36.28 | Cancer | Sky Map |
Venus | Naked Eye |
23:54 3h 24m after sunset |
-4.37 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2013 TG6 | Professional Telescope |
23:57 3h 27m after sunset |
28.16 | Cancer | Sky Map |
Objects Visible for Most Part of the Night
Objects Visible Just Before Sunrise
Object | Visibility | Rise | Magnitude | Constellation | |
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Comet 246P/NEAT | Professional Telescope |
04:43 0h 51m before sunrise |
19.18 | Cetus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
05:49 23h 45m before sunrise |
17.19 | Eridanus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 KU2 | Professional Telescope |
03:50 1h 44m before sunrise |
26.73 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) | Professional Telescope |
05:48 23h 46m before sunrise |
35.27 | Eridanus | Sky Map |
Comet 9P/Tempel | Professional Telescope |
04:19 1h 15m before sunrise |
21.20 | Cetus | Sky Map |
Comet 325P/Yang-Gao | Professional Telescope |
02:23 3h 10m before sunrise |
27.14 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet Encke (2P/Encke) | Professional Telescope |
03:12 2h 22m before sunrise |
19.34 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet 72P/Denning-Fujikawa | Large Telescope |
04:11 1h 23m before sunrise |
16.19 | Cetus | Sky Map |
Jupiter | Naked Eye |
03:54 1h 40m before sunrise |
-2.10 | Aries | Sky Map |
Dwarf Planet 2014 UZ224 | Professional Telescope |
06:23 23h 11m before sunrise |
23.06 | Eridanus | Sky Map |
Comet 294P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
02:18 3h 16m before sunrise |
24.75 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid 9 Metis | Small Telescope |
04:12 1h 21m before sunrise |
11.18 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 40P/Vaisala | Professional Telescope |
04:56 0h 38m before sunrise |
26.24 | Cetus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 VL64 | Professional Telescope |
04:01 1h 33m before sunrise |
31.00 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet C/2014 F3 (Sheppard-Trujillo) | Professional Telescope |
03:25 2h 09m before sunrise |
22.74 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 BP4 | Professional Telescope |
03:23 2h 11m before sunrise |
30.02 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet P/2017 S5 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
03:14 2h 20m before sunrise |
19.73 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 UL3 | Professional Telescope |
04:25 1h 09m before sunrise |
26.26 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2009 WR52 | Professional Telescope |
04:14 1h 20m before sunrise |
30.53 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 FA | Professional Telescope |
04:05 1h 29m before sunrise |
32.26 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) | Professional Telescope |
08:03 21h 31m before sunrise |
21.74 | Eridanus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 KF1 | Professional Telescope |
04:36 0h 58m before sunrise |
28.00 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2015 BN509 | Professional Telescope |
04:21 1h 13m before sunrise |
22.58 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet C/2022 S4 (Lemmon) | Professional Telescope |
04:43 0h 50m before sunrise |
18.81 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 FN13 | Professional Telescope |
02:57 2h 37m before sunrise |
30.00 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet C/2022 A2 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
00:40 4h 54m before sunrise |
11.6 | Andromeda | Sky Map |
Mercury | Naked Eye |
04:38 0h 56m before sunrise |
0.38 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 Y1 (ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
10:27 19h 07m before sunrise |
15.38 | Columba | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2002 NT7 | Professional Telescope |
06:23 23h 11m before sunrise |
18.62 | Eridanus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 UX1 | Professional Telescope |
04:17 1h 17m before sunrise |
31.79 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 99942 Apophis | Professional Telescope |
04:17 1h 17m before sunrise |
20.77 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 5 Astraea | Large Telescope |
04:44 0h 50m before sunrise |
12.39 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 XF | Professional Telescope |
04:34 1h 00m before sunrise |
29.06 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2012 VP113 | Professional Telescope |
05:58 23h 36m before sunrise |
23.45 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 4 Vesta | Binocular |
04:58 0h 36m before sunrise |
8.38 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | Professional Telescope |
04:54 0h 40m before sunrise |
27.20 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 AW | Professional Telescope |
04:28 1h 05m before sunrise |
30.60 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VO1 | Professional Telescope |
04:23 1h 11m before sunrise |
27.00 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 XX168 | Professional Telescope |
04:27 1h 07m before sunrise |
28.47 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3) | Professional Telescope |
04:17 1h 16m before sunrise |
22.05 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2010 RA91 | Professional Telescope |
04:42 0h 52m before sunrise |
25.71 | Aries | Sky Map |
Uranus | Binocular |
04:36 0h 57m before sunrise |
5.87 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet ZTF (C/2020 V2) | Large Telescope |
04:06 1h 28m before sunrise |
12.09 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 CD | Professional Telescope |
04:45 0h 49m before sunrise |
27.77 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 134P/Kowal-Vavrova | Professional Telescope |
04:50 0h 44m before sunrise |
31.23 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2013 CY | Professional Telescope |
04:36 0h 58m before sunrise |
30.74 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
08:57 20h 37m before sunrise |
13.68 | Lepus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 KA2 | Professional Telescope |
04:37 0h 56m before sunrise |
32.27 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2004 VN112 | Professional Telescope |
05:16 0h 18m before sunrise |
23.46 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 90377 Sedna (2003 VB12) | Professional Telescope |
05:59 23h 34m before sunrise |
20.83 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) | Professional Telescope |
03:01 2h 33m before sunrise |
36.44 | Triangulum | Sky Map |
Comet 354P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
04:24 1h 10m before sunrise |
21.09 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2000 SL10 | Professional Telescope |
04:52 0h 42m before sunrise |
25.25 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) | Large Telescope |
09:08 20h 26m before sunrise |
14.46 | Lepus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
10:21 19h 12m before sunrise |
13.86 | Canis Majoris | Sky Map |
Comet 22P/Kopff | Professional Telescope |
05:15 0h 18m before sunrise |
20.81 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 DR | Professional Telescope |
04:58 0h 36m before sunrise |
29.36 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 JR4 | Professional Telescope |
05:18 0h 16m before sunrise |
38.27 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QX4 | Professional Telescope |
05:09 0h 25m before sunrise |
25.25 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke | Professional Telescope |
06:13 23h 21m before sunrise |
23.08 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 YB1 | Professional Telescope |
04:56 0h 38m before sunrise |
29.67 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 FD | Professional Telescope |
05:19 0h 15m before sunrise |
30.97 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 103P/Hartley | Professional Telescope |
06:10 23h 23m before sunrise |
25.03 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QB6 | Professional Telescope |
05:00 0h 34m before sunrise |
27.51 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 150P/LONEOS | Professional Telescope |
04:30 1h 03m before sunrise |
20.74 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 QE | Professional Telescope |
05:35 23h 59m before sunrise |
29.82 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon | Professional Telescope |
04:43 0h 50m before sunrise |
18.77 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 XH55 | Professional Telescope |
05:37 23h 57m before sunrise |
30.85 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 K1 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
07:06 22h 27m before sunrise |
26.61 | Orion | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 FH1 | Professional Telescope |
07:00 22h 34m before sunrise |
28.97 | 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 | |
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Mercury | Asteroid 5 Astraea |
1° 21’ 46”
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