Northern Lights
MaybeAfter dark
Tonight
Look north, low in the sky
A storm on the Sun could light up the northern sky.
More details
- Space weather
- Kp up to 2.0 tonight (NOAA)
- Needed here
- Kp 1.4 to see by eye, 0.0 for a camera
- Note
- Rough estimate
Tonight in Anchorage
Thursday, October 22 · Sunset 6:25 PM · Moon 90% full, so faint things are harder
Space Station
GreatFlying over Anchorage
7:26 AM
Early Friday morning
Look southwest, it'll cross to the southeast
A bright, steady light gliding across for about 4 minutes.
More details
- What it is
- The International Space Station (ISS), lit by the Sun
- Path
- SW → up 17° in the S → SE
- Brightness
- magnitude about -1.5 (lower = brighter)
- Length
- 4 min 25 s
- Source
- CelesTrak orbit data
Jupiter
Great3:20 AM
Early Friday morning, until 8:10 AM
Look southeast, halfway up
Looks like a bright star that doesn't twinkle.
More details
- Visible
- 3:20 AM to 8:10 AM
- Height at best
- 41° in the SSE
- Brightness
- magnitude -2.0
Space Station
MaybeFlying over Anchorage
5:53 AM
Early Friday morning
Look southeast, it'll cross to the southeast
A bright, steady light gliding across for about 1 minute.
More details
- What it is
- The International Space Station (ISS), lit by the Sun
- Path
- SSE → up 12° in the SSE → SE
- Brightness
- magnitude about -0.8 (lower = brighter)
- Length
- 0 min 45 s
- Source
- CelesTrak orbit data
2 more tonight
Saturn
Maybe7:50 PM
Tonight, until 5:10 AM
Look south, halfway up
Looks like a steady, medium-bright star.
More details
- Visible
- 7:50 PM to 5:10 AM
- Height at best
- 30° in the S
- Brightness
- magnitude 0.4
Mars
Maybe2:20 AM
Early Friday morning, until 8:10 AM
Look south, halfway up
Looks like a steady, medium-bright star.
More details
- Visible
- 2:20 AM to 8:10 AM
- Height at best
- 46° in the SSE
- Brightness
- magnitude 0.9
Coming up
- Space StationEarly Saturday morning 6:40 AMGreat
- Space StationSun, Oct 25 7:27 AMGreat
- Full MoonSun, Oct 25 Rises at sunsetGreat
- Space StationMon, Oct 26 6:42 AMGreat
- Moon and Mars togetherMon, Nov 2 4:21 AMGreat
- Moon and Jupiter togetherMon, Nov 2 1:21 PMGreat
- Southern Taurids meteor showerBest time · Thu, Nov 5 1:30 AMMaybe
- Moon and Venus togetherSat, Nov 7 1:21 AMGreat
- Northern Taurids meteor showerBest time · Thu, Nov 12 1:30 AMMaybe
- Mars and Jupiter togetherSun, Nov 15 5:21 PMGreat
Watch the launches
Coming up. Streams usually start 15 to 30 minutes before liftoff.
Recent US launches. Replays from the launch teams.
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