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Sky map showing night sky tonight in Great Britain, England, United Kingdom. What planets are visible? Where is Mars, Saturn or Venus? What is the bright star in the sky?
Here's our stargazing guide to what you can see in the night sky tonight. Our guide is centred around what's visible from the UK, but all northern hemisphere observers should be able to use it, with the odd adjustment to stated times. In our guide, we use Universal Time (UT) and British Summer Time (BST).
Tonight Timeline from London, United Kingdom. This observing guide helps you plan your Solar System observations. It's divided into three sections, detailing visible objects for post-sunset, nighttime and pre-sunrise viewing.
When a planet is in a favourable position in the evening or morning sky, it will look like a bright 'star', the most obvious point of light visible to the naked eye. Any visible planets tonight can be found along the ecliptic, which is the line the Sun appears to traverse in the sky over the course of a day.
A resource to help you plan tonight's observation of astronomical events and Solar System objects.
ObjectVisibilityRiseSetProfessional TelescopeProfessional TelescopeProfessional TelescopeProfessional TelescopeComprehensive list of interesting astronomical objects visible right now from your location. The list of objects is automatically updated in real time to reflect what's visible above the horizon. Observing Location: Greenwich, UK. Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N. Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E. Timezone: Europe/London.
Sky map showing the night sky tonight from any location. What planets are visible tonight? Where is Mars, Saturn or Venus? What is the bright star in the sky?
