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Secunderabad night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 6:40 PM–5:22 AM IST
Clouds
46%average tonight
Moon
40%Waxing Crescent
Aurora
Kp 2.7need Kp 9+
Space station
Noneno visible pass tonight
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 2.7. From here you'd usually need about Kp 9, which takes a rare, extreme storm.
  • No visible space station pass during tonight’s dark hours.
  • Moon 40% lit (Waxing Crescent), above the horizon for 41% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 46% effective cover during dark hours.

Updated 29 min ago. Times in Asia/Kolkata (IST).

Photo: ESO/H.H. Heyer · CC BY 4.0

Clouds tonight
4:30 PMclouds, % of sky5:30 AM
Aurora reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 13.9° N, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 2.7. Live map →
Moon
40% lit
Waxing Crescent. Up for 41% of dark hours.
Next meteor peak
Orionids
Peak night Oct 21–22 · Moon 82% lit

Next visible space station passes

No visible passes in the next day or so. They come in runs of several days, a few times a month.

Launches within view

LaunchWhen (IST)Distance
GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)Sat, Oct 31, 5:30 AM458 km
SSLV | AayulSAT-1A & othersSat, Oct 31, 5:30 AM457 km
LVM-3 | Gaganyaan-1Mon, Nov 30, 5:30 AM458 km
PSLV-XL | TDS-01Mon, Nov 30, 5:30 AM457 km
LVM-3 | GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3)Thu, Dec 31, 5:30 AM458 km

Launches within 1,000 km in the coming days. Night and twilight launches are the ones to watch. Data: The Space Devs.

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Secunderabad, India · 17.50°, 78.54° · population 204,182 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.