STARGAZING TONIGHT
Stargazing in Austin
United States • 30.267°, -97.743° • Bortle 7 sky
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Austin sits at latitude 30.27°, with a sky brightness of Bortle 7. That is urban or inner-suburban skies, so narrowband filters and short subexposures are your friends. Below is a preview of the strongest deep-sky targets above 30° altitude during astronomical night from your location around 2026-07-21. Open the live planner for tonight's exact schedule.
Tonight's top targets from Austin
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Globular cluster • magnitude 8.3 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 90°
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Open cluster • magnitude 6.3 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 88°
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Open cluster • magnitude 9.5 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 82°
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Planetary nebula • magnitude 7.5 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 82°
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Emission nebula • magnitude 7.4 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 82°
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Open cluster • magnitude 7.1 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 82°
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Open cluster • magnitude 7.3 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 80°
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Supernova remnant • magnitude 7.0 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 90°
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Supernova remnant • magnitude 7.0 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 90°
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Globular cluster • magnitude 8.5 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 79°