STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in San José

Costa Rica • 9.928°, -84.091° • Bortle 8 sky

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San José sits at latitude 9.93°, 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 San José

  1. 01 M5 (M5)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 6.0 • 7.7h above 30° • transits at 82°
  2. 02 NGC 5746 (NGC5746)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.6 • 7.1h above 30° • transits at 82°
  3. 03 NGC 6118 (NGC6118)
    Galaxy • magnitude 11.7 • 7.2h above 30° • transits at 78°
  4. 04 NGC 6210 (NGC6210)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 9.7 • 6.9h above 30° • transits at 76°
  5. 05 NGC 5566 (NGC5566)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.5 • 6.7h above 30° • transits at 84°
  6. 06 Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC4592)
    Reflection nebula • magnitude 3.6 • 6.9h above 30° • transits at 61°
  7. 07 M12 (M12)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 7.7 • 6.7h above 30° • transits at 78°
  8. Globular cluster • magnitude 5.8 • 6.9h above 30° • transits at 63°
  9. 09 NGC 6171 (NGC6171)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 8.8 • 6.8h above 30° • transits at 67°
  10. 10 M10 (M10)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 6.6 • 6.5h above 30° • transits at 76°

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