STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in Melbourne

Australia • -37.814°, 144.963° • Bortle 8 sky

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Melbourne sits at latitude -37.81°, 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 2026-05-16. Open the live planner for tonight's exact schedule.

Tonight's top targets from Melbourne

  1. 01 Prawn Nebula (IC4628)
    Emission nebula • magnitude 99.0 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 87°
  2. 02 Table of Scorpius (NGC6231)
    Open cluster • magnitude 2.6 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 86°
  3. 03 NGC 5460 (NGC5460)
    Open cluster • magnitude 5.6 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 79°
  4. Emission nebula • magnitude 99.0 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 79°
  5. 05 M4 (M4)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 5.9 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 79°
  6. 06 M80 (M80)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 7.9 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 75°
  7. 07 NGC 6397 (NGC6397)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 5.2 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 74°
  8. Planetary nebula • magnitude 10.0 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 62°
  9. 09 Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC4592)
    Reflection nebula • magnitude 3.6 • 7.9h above 30° • transits at 72°
  10. 10 Rho Ophiuchi Nebula (IC4604)
    Reflection nebula • magnitude 4.6 • 7.8h above 30° • transits at 76°

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