What to look at tonight

Pick a season and an object type to narrow the list.

Season Object type

Craters and seas show up sharply along the shadow line. Start here.

Moonall

A tight cluster of young blue stars, best in winter.

Clusterwinter

A glowing stellar nursery visible even in small telescopes.

Nebulawinter

The rings are visible at 40x magnification in summer evenings.

Planetsummer

Look for four moons lined up beside the planet.

Planetautumn

The most distant thing you can see without a telescope.

Galaxyautumn

Hundreds of thousands of stars packed into a fuzzy ball.

Clustersummer

A small smoke ring that needs a steady eye and some patience.

Nebulasummer

A loose swarm of stars that looks best in binoculars.

Clusterspring

A spiral galaxy with a smaller companion, for dark nights.

Galaxyspring