STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in Los Angeles

United States • 34.052°, -118.244° • Bortle 9 sky

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Los Angeles sits at latitude 34.05°, with a sky brightness of Bortle 9. 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 Los Angeles

  1. 01 Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960)
    Supernova remnant • magnitude 7.0 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 87°
  2. 02 Veil Nebula (NGC6960)
    Supernova remnant • magnitude 7.0 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 87°
  3. 03 NGC 6791 (NGC6791)
    Open cluster • magnitude 9.5 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 86°
  4. 04 M56 (M56)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 8.3 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 86°
  5. 05 Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)
    Emission nebula • magnitude 7.4 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 86°
  6. 06 M29 (M29)
    Open cluster • magnitude 7.1 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 86°
  7. 07 NGC 6940 (NGC6940)
    Open cluster • magnitude 6.3 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 84°
  8. 08 Foxhead Cluster (NGC6819)
    Open cluster • magnitude 7.3 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 84°
  9. 09 Magic Carpet Nebula (NGC7027)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 8.5 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 82°
  10. 10 North America Nebula (NGC7000)
    Emission nebula • magnitude 4.0 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 80°

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