Sky guide
What’s up tonight, and what you’re looking at
Each page says where the object is tonight, worked out for your location from its orbit or its position on the sky, and what it is, with the sources. The pictures are rendered in Everdust, from Hubble and NASA maps and photographs. In Everdust’s Night Sky on Apple Vision Pro you can look at each one and pinch to fly there (on iPhone and iPad, tap it), and Solar System to Scale walks you from the Sun to Neptune with every size and distance true.
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Up tonight from New York · best 2:26 am, southWhat the Orion Nebula looks like today
The Orion Nebula (M42) is a star nursery about 1,350 light-years away. What Hubble shows today, where to find it tonight from your location, and how to see it.
Up tonight from New York · best 9:24 pm, southSaturn tonight: rings, moons and where to look
Where Saturn is tonight from your location, computed live: when it's up, which way to face, how bright it is, and how far its rings are tilted toward us right now.
Up tonight from New York · best 6:04 am, southJupiter tonight: its four big moons and where to look
Where Jupiter is tonight from your location, computed live, and which of its four big moons sit east and west of it, plus the Great Red Spot and how to see it.
Not up in New York's dark hours tonightThe Moon tonight: phase, moonrise and what you're seeing
Tonight's Moon phase and how much of it is lit, moonrise and moonset for your location, how far away it is right now and the next full Moon, all computed live.
Up tonight from New York · best 6:04 am, southMars tonight: where to find the red planet
Where Mars is tonight from your location, computed live: when it's up, which way to face, how bright it is, how far away, and when it's next at its closest.
Up tonight from New York · best 6:04 am, south-eastVenus tonight: where to see the brightest planet
Where Venus is tonight from your location, computed live: whether it's an evening or morning star right now, when to look, its phase, and its next best showing.
Not up in New York's dark hours tonightMercury tonight: when you can see the innermost planet
When and where to see Mercury from your location, computed live. It shows only low in twilight for a few weeks at a time; here's whether tonight is one of them.
Up tonight from New York · best 9:26 pm, north-eastHow to see the Andromeda Galaxy tonight
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is 2.5 million light-years away and visible to the eye. Where it is tonight from your location, how to find it, and whether it will hit us.
Up tonight from New York · best 12:36 am, southThe Pleiades tonight: how to find the Seven Sisters
The Pleiades (M45), the Seven Sisters, are a young star cluster about 445 light-years away. Where they are tonight from your location, and what you're seeing.
Not up in New York's dark hours tonightOmega Centauri: the biggest star cluster in the Milky Way
Omega Centauri is a ball of millions of old stars 17,000 light-years away, visible to the eye from the south. Where it is tonight from your location, and what it is.
Not up in New York's dark hours tonightSagittarius A*: the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's black hole of four million Suns, 27,000 light-years away. Where to point tonight from your location, and how we know it's there.
Up tonight from New York · best 5:46 pm, westThe Ring Nebula: what a dying star looks like
The Ring Nebula (M57) is the glowing shell of a dying Sun-like star about 2,500 light-years away. Where it is tonight from your location, and how to see it.
Not up in New York's dark hours tonightThe Carina Nebula: the southern sky's great star nursery
The Carina Nebula, 7,500 light-years away, is one of the biggest, brightest nebulae in the sky and home of Eta Carinae. Where it is tonight from your location.
Up tonight from New York · best 5:46 pm, south-westThe Lagoon Nebula: a star nursery you can see in binoculars
The Lagoon Nebula (M8) is a glowing star nursery in Sagittarius, visible in binoculars. Where it is tonight from your location, and what you're seeing.
Up tonight from New York · best 5:46 pm, south-westThe Trifid Nebula: red, blue and split in three
The Trifid Nebula (M20), 5,000 light-years away in Sagittarius, glows red and blue and is split by three dark lanes. Where it is tonight from your location.
Computed November 7, 2026 with Astronomy Engine; this page refreshes every hour.