STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil • -22.907°, -43.173° • Bortle 8 sky

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Rio de Janeiro sits at latitude -22.91°, 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 Rio de Janeiro

  1. 01 M80 (M80)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 7.9 • 7.7h above 30° • transits at 90°
  2. 02 Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC4592)
    Reflection nebula • magnitude 3.6 • 7.7h above 30° • transits at 87°
  3. 03 M4 (M4)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 5.9 • 7.6h above 30° • transits at 86°
  4. 04 Rho Ophiuchi Nebula (IC4604)
    Reflection nebula • magnitude 4.6 • 7.5h above 30° • transits at 89°
  5. Emission nebula • magnitude 99.0 • 7.6h above 30° • transits at 64°
  6. 06 M5 (M5)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 6.0 • 7.4h above 30° • transits at 65°
  7. 07 Table of Scorpius (NGC6231)
    Open cluster • magnitude 2.6 • 7.3h above 30° • transits at 71°
  8. 08 NGC 6171 (NGC6171)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 8.8 • 7.2h above 30° • transits at 80°
  9. 09 Prawn Nebula (IC4628)
    Emission nebula • magnitude 99.0 • 7.3h above 30° • transits at 72°
  10. 10 M62 (M62)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 7.4 • 7.1h above 30° • transits at 83°

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