STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in Lagos

Nigeria • 6.524°, 3.379° • Bortle 8 sky

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Lagos sits at latitude 6.52°, with a sky brightness of Bortle 8. 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 Lagos

  1. 01 Dumbbell Nebula (M27)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 7.5 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 74°
  2. 02 M71 (M71)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 8.5 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 78°
  3. 03 NGC 6803 (NGC6803)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 11.4 • 7.6h above 30° • transits at 86°
  4. 04 NGC 6781 (NGC6781)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 11.4 • 7.3h above 30° • transits at 90°
  5. 05 Little Gem Nebula (NGC6818)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 9.3 • 7.5h above 30° • transits at 69°
  6. 06 Barnard’s Galaxy (NGC6822)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.1 • 7.5h above 30° • transits at 69°
  7. 07 Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)
    Emission nebula • magnitude 7.4 • 7.5h above 30° • transits at 58°
  8. 08 NGC 6940 (NGC6940)
    Open cluster • magnitude 6.3 • 7.4h above 30° • transits at 68°
  9. 09 NGC 6772 (NGC6772)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 12.7 • 7.2h above 30° • transits at 81°
  10. 10 Foxhead Cluster (NGC6819)
    Open cluster • magnitude 7.3 • 7.4h above 30° • transits at 56°

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