STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in Mexico City

Mexico • 19.433°, -99.133° • Bortle 9 sky

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Mexico City sits at latitude 19.43°, 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 2026-05-16. Open the live planner for tonight's exact schedule.

Tonight's top targets from Mexico City

  1. 01 NGC 5963 (NGC5963)
    Galaxy • magnitude 12.1 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 53°
  2. 02 Splinter Galaxy (NGC5907)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.4 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 53°
  3. 03 M5 (M5)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 6.0 • 7.6h above 30° • transits at 73°
  4. Globular cluster • magnitude 5.8 • 7.3h above 30° • transits at 73°
  5. 05 NGC 6210 (NGC6210)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 9.7 • 7.2h above 30° • transits at 86°
  6. 06 NGC 5746 (NGC5746)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.6 • 7.1h above 30° • transits at 73°
  7. 07 NGC 6118 (NGC6118)
    Galaxy • magnitude 11.7 • 7.0h above 30° • transits at 68°
  8. 08 NGC 5371 (NGC5371)
    Galaxy • magnitude 11.7 • 6.8h above 30° • transits at 69°
  9. 09 NGC 5566 (NGC5566)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.5 • 6.7h above 30° • transits at 75°
  10. 10 M92 (M92)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 6.4 • 6.8h above 30° • transits at 66°

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