STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in Lima

Peru • -12.046°, -77.043° • Bortle 8 sky

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Lima sits at latitude -12.05°, 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 Lima

  1. 01 Barnard’s Galaxy (NGC6822)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.1 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 87°
  2. 02 Little Gem Nebula (NGC6818)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 9.3 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 88°
  3. 03 M75 (M75)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 9.2 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 80°
  4. 04 M55 (M55)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 7.4 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 71°
  5. 05 NGC 6772 (NGC6772)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 12.7 • 7.3h above 30° • transits at 81°
  6. 06 M72 (M72)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 9.3 • 7.1h above 30° • transits at 90°
  7. 07 NGC 6803 (NGC6803)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 11.4 • 7.3h above 30° • transits at 68°
  8. 08 NGC 6781 (NGC6781)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 11.4 • 7.2h above 30° • transits at 71°
  9. 09 Saturn Nebula (NGC7009)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 8.0 • 6.9h above 30° • transits at 89°
  10. 10 M54 (M54)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 8.4 • 7.1h above 30° • transits at 72°

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