The Sky Tonight from McMurdo Station, Queen Maud Land

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 (Antarctica/McMurdo) 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
Comet 125P/Spacewatch	Large Telescope	16:13 1h 27m after sunset	16.68	Aquila	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2012 PB20	Professional Telescope	16:30 1h 45m after sunset	26.52	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2007 WA	Professional Telescope	16:53 2h 08m after sunset	27.53	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 290P/Jager	Professional Telescope	16:54 2h 09m after sunset	23.39	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 HQ	Professional Telescope	17:08 2h 22m after sunset	23.54	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 VN2	Professional Telescope	17:20 2h 34m after sunset	29.80	Pisces	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2010 RA91	Professional Telescope	17:20 2h 35m after sunset	27.18	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 FP3	Professional Telescope	17:26 2h 41m after sunset	24.18	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 TD167	Professional Telescope	17:36 2h 51m after sunset	31.09	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 19 Fortuna	Large Telescope	17:41 2h 55m after sunset	12.47	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QT7	Professional Telescope	17:44 2h 59m after sunset	31.31	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BX1	Professional Telescope	17:48 3h 02m after sunset	31.57	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 CL2	Professional Telescope	17:51 3h 06m after sunset	26.40	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 20 Massalia	Large Telescope	17:52 3h 06m after sunset	12.01	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 LY1	Professional Telescope	17:53 3h 08m after sunset	29.66	Aquarius	Sky Map
Mars	Naked Eye	17:54 3h 09m after sunset	1.13	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3)	Professional Telescope	18:00 3h 14m after sunset	22.68	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2013 CY	Professional Telescope	18:02 3h 17m after sunset	31.25	Aquarius	Sky Map

Objects Visible for Most Part of the Night

Object	Visibility	Rise	Set	Magnitude	Constellation
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 DW	Professional Telescope	02:37	18:23	25.94	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	00:33	18:24	17.57	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2011 LJ19	Professional Telescope	00:48	18:31	23.89	Aquarius	Sky Map
Saturn	Naked Eye	01:37	18:34	1.07	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 17 Thetis	Large Telescope	00:29	18:55	12.81	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2009 WR52	Professional Telescope	00:46	19:06	30.48	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 2007 OR10	Professional Telescope	23:29	19:27	21.49	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 123P/West-Hartley	Professional Telescope	03:34	19:33	24.74	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 116P/Wild	Professional Telescope	23:56	19:35	21.32	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami	Professional Telescope	00:36	19:36	29.92	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 2007 FT3	Professional Telescope	03:11	19:43	21.99	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid 87 Sylvia	Large Telescope	01:55	20:09	13.11	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes	Large Telescope	23:51	20:10	17.39	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 YO1	Professional Telescope	01:36	20:38	35.04	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 WB5	Professional Telescope	01:45	21:07	29.00	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 24P/Schaumasse	Professional Telescope	00:04	21:38	27.31	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)	Professional Telescope	05:50	21:43	35.94	Eridanus	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	03:18	22:51	23.95	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 F1 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	06:20	23:10	34.33	Eridanus	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 2014 UZ224	Professional Telescope	05:02	23:29	23.03	Eridanus	Sky Map
Comet C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)	Professional Telescope	08:03	00:47	33.18	Orion	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 T3 (Fuls)	Large Telescope	10:46	02:46	17.84	Monoceros	Sky Map
Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy	Professional Telescope	16:26	07:05	19.55	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 4P/Faye	Professional Telescope	16:09	08:10	21.37	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 108P/Ciffreo	Professional Telescope	17:07	08:19	28.58	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 14P/Wolf	Professional Telescope	19:06	09:21	21.84	Serpens	Sky Map
Asteroid 12 Victoria	Small Telescope	12:56	09:23	10.60	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 19P/Borrelly	Professional Telescope	19:34	09:44	24.26	Serpens	Sky Map
Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy	Professional Telescope	18:43	10:34	20.88	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 48P/Johnson	Professional Telescope	19:15	10:52	18.46	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		32.49	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet 398P/Boattini	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		25.75	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 289P/Blanpain	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.39	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet 261P/Larson	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.64	Libra	Sky Map
Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		34.32	Centaurus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 GA6	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.03	Crux	Sky Map
Comet C/2021 Y1 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.68	Norma	Sky Map
Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.24	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.27	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		32.83	Libra	Sky Map
Comet C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		16.98	Vela	Sky Map
Comet 37P/Forbes	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.88	Corvus	Sky Map
Comet 27P/Crommelin	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		53.79	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		45.85	Ara	Sky Map
Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		45.30	Libra	Sky Map
Asteroid 2015 TB145	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.26	Cetus	Sky Map
Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		25.48	Libra	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 GS5	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.00	Eridanus	Sky Map
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.75	Hydra	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 QE	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		28.80	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.80	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 255P/Levy	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		39.63	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 70P/Kojima	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.83	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 269P/Jedicke	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.01	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 75D/Kohoutek (Lost)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.10	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2022 L2 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.7	Centaurus	Sky Map
Comet 77P/Longmore	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.53	Pisces Austrinus	Sky Map
Comet Encke (2P/Encke)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.75	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 78P/Gehrels	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.17	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2013 FT28	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.46	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet 81P/Wild	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.29	Capricornus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2016 WF9	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.52	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 94P/Russell	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.73	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid 65803 Didymos (1996 GT)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.62	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 96P/Machholz	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.03	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 GT2	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		22.96	Microscopium	Sky Map
Comet 104P/Kowal	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.99	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 HO	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.86	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 20D/Westphal (Lost)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		29.42	Centaurus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 SA20	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.88	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		36.87	Hydra	Sky Map
5D/Brorsen (Lost)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.55	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 110P/Hartley	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.19	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet 240P/NEAT	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.25	Microscopium	Sky Map
Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.14	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 260P/McNaught	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		25.36	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.92	Ara	Sky Map
Comet 263P/Gibbs	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.29	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 A1 (Leonard)	Small Telescope	circumpolar		10.4	Pictor	Sky Map
Comet 274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.45	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet Pluto	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.51	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		22.16	Grus	Sky Map
Asteroid 7 Iris	Small Telescope	circumpolar		10.74	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet 333P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.14	Carina	Sky Map
Asteroid 16 Psyche	Small Telescope	circumpolar		11.66	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.09	Reticulum	Sky Map
Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.57	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet C/2021 C5 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.56	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		22.44	Eridanus	Sky Map
Dwarf Planet 1 Ceres	Binocular	circumpolar		8.63	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet P/2022 P2 (ZTF)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.81	Corvus	Sky Map
Comet West (C/1975 V1-A)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		29.19	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2021 P4 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.97	Grus	Sky Map
Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.68	Puppis	Sky Map
Comet 8P/Tuttle	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		22.82	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2019 U5 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.5	Puppis	Sky Map
Comet C/2020 K1 (PANSTARRS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		15.6	Pictor	Sky Map
Asteroid 2014 SR349	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.13	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.89	Capricornus	Sky Map
Asteroid 2014 FE72	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.49	Corvus	Sky Map
Comet 141P/Machholz	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.36	Libra	Sky Map
Comet P/2021 V2 (Fuls)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.46	Virgo	Sky Map
Comet C/2022 S4 (Lemmon)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		15.17	Fornax	Sky Map
Asteroid 3122 Florence (1981 ET3)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.00	Pavo	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.21	Phoenix	Sky Map
Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.20	Reticulum	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 OB5	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.65	Centaurus	Sky Map
Asteroid 1979 XB	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.94	Pisces Austrinus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 VO142	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		31.51	Capricornus	Sky Map
Asteroid 1998 OR2	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.05	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 SU7	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		29.05	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2021 G2 (Atlas)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		13.7	Hydra	Sky Map
Comet ZTF (C/2020 V2)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		14.71	Phoenix	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 GM1	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.00	Eridanus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2007 XB23	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.29	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 GJ6	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.96	Microscopium	Sky Map
Comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.62	Pavo	Sky Map
Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.95	Octans	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 GK6	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.93	Microscopium	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 HL	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.38	Carina	Sky Map
Comet C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.05	Columba	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 UL3	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.93	Aquarius	Sky Map
Comet C/2022 A2 (PANSTARRS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.48	Cetus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 JA6	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.82	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet C/2019 E3 (ATLAS)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.81	Horologium	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 KU	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.81	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		35.98	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 OC3	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		25.54	Libra	Sky Map
Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		22.54	Libra	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		20.38	Vela	Sky Map
Comet 157P/Tritton	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		24.32	Lupus	Sky Map
Comet C/2024 G2 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.88	Chamaleon	Sky Map
Comet 164P/Christensen	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.56	Capricornus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 GQ2	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		23.44	Sculptor	Sky Map
Comet 199P/Shoemaker	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.84	Aquarius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 EP84	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		29.87	Capricornus	Sky Map
Comet 201P/LONEOS	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		27.59	Scorpius	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 292220	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.34	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.65	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 U1 (Fuls)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.89	Lepus	Sky Map
Comet 210P/Christensen	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		25.28	Sagittarius	Sky Map
Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		19.45	Pisces Austrinus	Sky Map
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.72	Horologium	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2004 DF2	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		30.46	Scorpius	Sky Map
Comet 150P/LONEOS	Large Telescope	circumpolar		17.02	Hydra	Sky Map
Comet 161P/Hartley-IRAS	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		26.30	Pictor	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 VB2	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		30.48	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		18.68	Apus	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 PC7	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		21.20	Sculptor	Sky Map
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 FA	Professional Telescope	circumpolar		32.27	Capricornus	Sky Map

Objects Visible Just Before Sunrise

Object	Visibility	Rise	Magnitude	Constellation
Comet 217P/LINEAR	Professional Telescope	19:15 15h 52m before sunrise	20.34	Ophiucus	Sky Map
Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma	Professional Telescope	16:37 18h 31m before sunrise	27.49	Libra	Sky Map
Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1)	Professional Telescope	18:00 17h 08m before sunrise	21.46	Ophiucus	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
Jupiter	Uranus	0° 32’ 01”	Sky Map
95P/Chiron	Asteroid 79 Eurynome	0° 40’ 06”	Sky Map
Asteroid 79 Eurynome	Asteroid 95P/Chiron (1977 UB)	0° 40’ 06”	Sky Map
Asteroid 19 Fortuna	Asteroid 20 Massalia	0° 58’ 48”	Sky Map
Asteroid 7 Iris	Asteroid 16 Psyche	1° 29’ 46”	Sky Map
Comet 154P/Brewington	Asteroid 10 Hygiea	1° 37’ 06”	Sky Map
Comet C/2023 V4 (Camarasa-Duszanowicz)	Asteroid 29 Amphitrite	1° 47’ 00”	Sky Map
Mercury	Venus	1° 59’ 35”	Sky Map