The Sky Tonight from Prudhoe Bay, United States
Observing Location: Prudhoe Bay, United States
Latitude: 70° 15’ 19” N
Longitude: 148° 20’ 13” W
Timezone: America/Anchorage
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/Anchorage) 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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Comet 46P/Wirtanen | Professional Telescope |
00:10 0h 31m after sunset |
18.21 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 UX1 | Professional Telescope |
00:13 0h 35m after sunset |
31.08 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VO1 | Professional Telescope |
00:17 0h 39m after sunset |
48.40 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 153814 | Professional Telescope |
00:19 0h 41m after sunset |
21.03 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet C/2023 S2 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
00:24 0h 46m after sunset |
23.04 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 134P/Kowal-Vavrova | Professional Telescope |
00:34 0h 56m after sunset |
30.80 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2013 GM3 | Professional Telescope |
00:37 0h 59m after sunset |
27.34 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 WG2 | Professional Telescope |
00:41 1h 03m after sunset |
27.88 | Orion | Sky Map |
Uranus | Binocular |
00:43 1h 05m after sunset |
5.86 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet C/2024 B1 (Lemmon) | Professional Telescope |
00:54 1h 16m after sunset |
18.88 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Jupiter | Naked Eye |
00:56 1h 18m after sunset |
-2.00 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
00:59 1h 21m after sunset |
16.54 | Orion | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2007 TG422 | Professional Telescope |
00:59 1h 21m after sunset |
22.69 | Orion | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 K1 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
01:17 1h 39m after sunset |
29.10 | Orion | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 KQ4 | Professional Telescope |
01:29 1h 51m after sunset |
28.87 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 XX168 | Professional Telescope |
01:33 1h 55m after sunset |
28.12 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 327P/Van Ness | Professional Telescope |
01:42 2h 04m after sunset |
28.36 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Comet Halley (1P/Halley) | Professional Telescope |
01:49 2h 11m after sunset |
25.60 | Canis Minoris | Sky Map |
Comet 30P/Reinmuth | Professional Telescope |
01:51 2h 13m after sunset |
18.03 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 8 Flora | Small Telescope |
01:54 2h 16m after sunset |
10.83 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2017 XO2 | Professional Telescope |
01:55 2h 17m after sunset |
26.12 | Monoceros | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 SB | Professional Telescope |
02:23 2h 44m after sunset |
28.40 | Orion | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 DK | Professional Telescope |
02:27 2h 49m after sunset |
29.00 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 DK | Professional Telescope |
02:27 2h 49m after sunset |
29.00 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 DR | Professional Telescope |
02:29 2h 51m after sunset |
29.65 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2018 VG18 (Farout) | Professional Telescope |
02:32 2h 54m after sunset |
24.94 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet P/2021 N2 (Fuls) | Professional Telescope |
02:37 2h 59m after sunset |
19.47 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Comet 103P/Hartley | Professional Telescope |
02:37 2h 59m after sunset |
19.63 | Hydra | Sky Map |
Comet C/2021 E3 (ZTF) | Professional Telescope |
02:43 3h 05m after sunset |
20.06 | Gemini | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VY1 | Professional Telescope |
02:45 3h 07m after sunset |
26.56 | Cancer | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 VB7 | Professional Telescope |
03:03 3h 25m after sunset |
26.87 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 185P/Petriew | Professional Telescope |
03:06 3h 28m after sunset |
20.67 | Sextans | Sky Map |
Objects Visible for Most Part of the Night
Objects Visible Just Before Sunrise
Object | Visibility | Rise | Magnitude | Constellation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comet P/2019 Y2 (Fuls) | Professional Telescope |
05:23 22h 34m before sunrise |
29.85 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 XH55 | Professional Telescope |
05:10 22h 47m before sunrise |
31.08 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet 219P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
03:25 0h 33m before sunrise |
18.04 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 FH1 | Professional Telescope |
05:17 22h 40m before sunrise |
28.28 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RO16 | Professional Telescope |
04:42 23h 15m before sunrise |
29.16 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid 249516 Aretha | Professional Telescope |
06:10 21h 47m before sunrise |
21.91 | Cetus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2015 TG387 (The Goblin) | Professional Telescope |
02:17 1h 40m before sunrise |
24.52 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet 276P/Vorobjov | Professional Telescope |
04:06 23h 51m before sunrise |
20.10 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 WV | Professional Telescope |
04:33 23h 24m before sunrise |
26.94 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) | Professional Telescope |
02:35 1h 22m before sunrise |
23.47 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid 79 Eurynome | Large Telescope |
04:32 23h 25m before sunrise |
12.34 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2010 VQ | Professional Telescope |
04:37 23h 20m before sunrise |
29.97 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano) | Professional Telescope |
05:40 22h 18m before sunrise |
19.82 | Cetus | Sky Map |
Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu | Professional Telescope |
05:19 22h 38m before sunrise |
18.32 | Cetus | Sky Map |
Comet C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
04:27 23h 30m before sunrise |
18.91 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid 15 Eunomia | Small Telescope |
02:47 1h 10m before sunrise |
10.13 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 FK5 | Professional Telescope |
04:27 23h 31m before sunrise |
30.65 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks | Binocular |
09:09 18h 48m before sunrise |
4.8 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 TS238 | Professional Telescope |
04:37 23h 20m before sunrise |
27.74 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2003 LN6 | Professional Telescope |
04:30 23h 27m before sunrise |
25.98 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 VV | Professional Telescope |
04:31 23h 26m before sunrise |
29.43 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2012 VP113 | Professional Telescope |
07:48 20h 10m before sunrise |
23.45 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Venus | Naked Eye |
04:46 23h 11m before sunrise |
-3.89 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VA | Professional Telescope |
22:46 5h 11m before sunrise |
30.45 | Pegasus | Sky Map |
Comet 237P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
02:29 1h 28m before sunrise |
22.03 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 XF5 | Professional Telescope |
04:10 23h 48m before sunrise |
29.50 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 99942 Apophis | Professional Telescope |
04:28 23h 30m before sunrise |
20.38 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 40P/Vaisala | Professional Telescope |
06:41 21h 17m before sunrise |
24.26 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 BP4 | Professional Telescope |
02:48 1h 09m before sunrise |
29.93 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Comet 213P/Van Ness | Professional Telescope |
02:36 1h 21m before sunrise |
23.75 | Pisces | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 | Professional Telescope |
04:25 23h 32m before sunrise |
28.62 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 2013 RF98 | Professional Telescope |
06:22 21h 35m before sunrise |
24.72 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid 90377 Sedna (2003 VB12) | Professional Telescope |
07:21 20h 36m before sunrise |
20.82 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Comet 71P/Clark | Professional Telescope |
04:51 23h 06m before sunrise |
22.39 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 XF | Professional Telescope |
04:37 23h 20m before sunrise |
28.42 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid 14 Irene | Small Telescope |
05:23 22h 34m before sunrise |
11.99 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 297P/Beshore | Professional Telescope |
05:48 22h 10m before sunrise |
24.03 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 297P/Beshore (2008 J2) | Professional Telescope |
05:48 22h 10m before sunrise |
24.03 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 378P/McNaught | Professional Telescope |
06:50 21h 07m before sunrise |
20.68 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QB6 | Professional Telescope |
03:23 0h 34m before sunrise |
28.38 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 246P/NEAT | Professional Telescope |
05:43 22h 14m before sunrise |
20.14 | Taurus | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 GA2 | Professional Telescope |
04:24 23h 33m before sunrise |
32.57 | Aries | Sky Map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 SN6 | Professional Telescope |
04:14 23h 43m before sunrise |
30.11 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 326P/Hill | Professional Telescope |
04:37 23h 20m before sunrise |
21.21 | Aries | Sky Map |
Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh | Professional Telescope |
04:24 23h 33m before sunrise |
20.33 | Aries | 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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95P/Chiron | Asteroid 95P/Chiron (1977 UB) | 0° 00’ 00” | Sky Map |
Comet C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS) | Asteroid 79 Eurynome | 0° 30’ 59” | Sky Map |
Asteroid 19 Fortuna | Asteroid 20 Massalia | 0° 52’ 47” | Sky Map |
Saturn | Asteroid 17 Thetis | 1° 10’ 20” | Sky Map |
Asteroid 7 Iris | Asteroid 16 Psyche | 1° 22’ 36” | Sky Map |
Comet 46P/Wirtanen | Jupiter | 1° 58’ 02” | Sky Map |