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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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · More in Russia →
31 OUT OF 100

Maybe

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 19:41–6:41 GMT+12
Clouds
24%average tonight
Moon
38%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.0need Kp 7
Space station
6:2821° high · S→E
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.0. From here you'd usually need about Kp 7.
  • Space station passes at 6:28, up to 21° high, moving S → E. It looks like a bright, steady star that crosses the sky in a few minutes.
  • Moon 38% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 18% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 24% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated just now. Times in Asia/Kamchatka (GMT+12).

Photo: Benedikt Markus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Clouds tonight
21:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora reach
Kp 7 needed
Magnetic latitude 47.4° N. Look north. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.0. Live map →
Moon
38% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 18% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

When (GMT+12)HighestPath
Sun, Oct 18, 6:2521°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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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · 53.06°, 158.63° · population 181,216 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.