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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 Huddersfield, United Kingdom · More in United Kingdom →
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Huddersfield night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:22–6:23 BST
Clouds
76%average tonight
Moon
42%First Quarter
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 6
Space station
6:1924° high · SW→E
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 6.
  • Space station passes at 6:19, up to 24° high, moving SW → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 42% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 22% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 76% effective cover during dark hours, which will hide most things.

Updated 34 min ago. Times in Europe/London (BST).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
17:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 6 needed
Magnetic latitude 50.3° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
42% lit
First Quarter. Up for 22% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (BST)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 6:1624°SW → E

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

Launches within view

No scheduled launches within 621 mi in the next week or so.

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Huddersfield, United Kingdom · 53.65°, -1.78° · population 149,017 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.