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Star trails circling the celestial pole above a volcano, crossed by the straight line of a space station pass
Tonight in Biysk, Russia · More in Russia →
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Biysk night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:34–6:35 GMT+7
Clouds
100%average tonight
Moon
39%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 6
Space station
6:0619° high · S→E
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
  • Space station passes at 6:06, up to 19° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 39% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 22% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 100% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Barnaul (GMT+7).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 49.6° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
39% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 22% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+7)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 6:0319°S → E

Visible passes only: station sunlit, your sky dark. Computed from CelesTrak orbital data.

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 1,000 km in the next week or so.

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Biysk, Russia · 52.53°, 85.20° · population 215,430 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.