Visible Celestial Objects from Iowa City, United States

This page shows a comprehensive list of interesting astronomical objects visible right now from Greenwich, UK (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the Europe/London timezone. These location and timezone settings have been set as your defaults and you can change them here.

The all sky chart and the lists of objects are updated in real time to constantly reflect what's currently visible above the horizon.

All Sky Chart

This all sky chart shows the sky above your location and is updated in realtime. Please note that this map does not reflect the actual lighting conditions and it shows the main astronomical objects even during daylight. Stars up to magnitude 5 and Solar System objects brighter than magnitude 10 are shown in the chart.

Lists of Visible Objects

warning It is time, the list shows only objects that could potentially be observed given the current lighting conditions.

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Major Objects

Asteroids

Comets

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Deep Space Objects

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