STARGAZING TONIGHT

Stargazing in Shanghai

China • 31.230°, 121.474° • Bortle 9 sky

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Shanghai sits at latitude 31.23°, 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 Shanghai

  1. Globular cluster • magnitude 5.8 • 7.8h above 30° • transits at 85°
  2. 02 Splinter Galaxy (NGC5907)
    Galaxy • magnitude 10.4 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 65°
  3. 03 NGC 5963 (NGC5963)
    Galaxy • magnitude 12.1 • 8.0h above 30° • transits at 65°
  4. 04 Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
    Galaxy • magnitude 7.9 • 7.8h above 30° • transits at 67°
  5. 05 NGC 6210 (NGC6210)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 9.7 • 7.4h above 30° • transits at 83°
  6. 06 M92 (M92)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 6.4 • 7.4h above 30° • transits at 78°
  7. 07 NGC 5371 (NGC5371)
    Galaxy • magnitude 11.7 • 7.3h above 30° • transits at 81°
  8. 08 M5 (M5)
    Globular cluster • magnitude 6.0 • 7.4h above 30° • transits at 61°
  9. 09 Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC6543)
    Planetary nebula • magnitude 8.1 • 7.4h above 30° • transits at 55°
  10. 10 Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
    Galaxy • magnitude 8.4 • 7.1h above 30° • transits at 74°

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