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Aurora australis glowing green and red above calm southern water
Tonight in Talcahuano, Chile · More in Chile →
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Talcahuano night sky · Sat, Oct 17, dark 21:09–6:05 GMT-3
Clouds
7%average tonight
Moon
44%First Quarter
Aurora
Kp 1.7need Kp 9+
Space station
Noneno visible pass tonight
  • Aurora unlikely. Tonight's forecast peaks at Kp 1.7. 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 44% lit (First Quarter), above the horizon for 67% of the dark hours.
  • Clouds: about 7% effective cover during dark hours, so mostly clear.

Updated just now. Times in America/Santiago (GMT-3).

Photo: Will Standring · CC BY 2.0

Clouds tonight
19:00clouds, % of sky7:00
Aurora australis reach
Kp 9+ needed
Magnetic latitude 25.8° S, too far from either auroral zone in all but the rarest storms. Tonight's forecast peak: Kp 1.7. Live map →
Moon
44% lit
First Quarter. Up for 67% 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

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

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Talcahuano, Chile · -36.72°, -73.12° · population 150,499 (GeoNames). The score is an estimate; here's how it's made.