Mon 9 November · Bodrum

A properly dark night.

Properly dark 19:34–06:14 · 10h 40m

waxing crescent · 0% lit · 10h 40m of moon-free darkness

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How we’d play it

A genuinely dark window — galaxies and nebulae are on the menu, and Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are well-placed for the eyepiece. The kind of night we plan a full session around.

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Worth looking at

  • MarsBest 06:14High in the southeast — 62° just before dawn (06:14), still rising as the sky brightens.
  • JupiterBest 06:14High in the southeast — 59° just before dawn (06:14), still rising as the sky brightens.
  • SaturnBest 22:27High in the evening (around 22:27) — 54° in the south.
  • VenusBest 07:43Low in the southeast, still climbing when the sky brightens at 07:43 — only 21°, a bright twilight object.
Twilight stages & sun times +
  • Sunset18:05
  • Civil twilight ends18:32
  • Nautical twilight ends19:03
  • Fully dark19:34
  • First light06:14
  • Nautical twilight (dawn)06:44
  • Civil twilight (dawn)07:16
  • Sunrise07:43

All times GMT+3 (local). Moon-free windows: 19:34–06:14.

Not tonight?

Darker nights suit galaxies and nebulae. The Moon thins out toward the end of the week.

  1. Tonight10%
  2. Sat5%
  3. Sun1%
  4. Mon0%
  5. Tue1%
  6. Wed4%
  7. Thu8%

Coming up

  • Leonids meteor showerTue 17 November · Peak night. Fast and bright, ~15/hour.in 8 days
  • Geminids meteor showerMon 14 December · Peak night. The year’s best — up to ~120/hour, bright and slow.in 5 weeks
  • Quadrantids meteor showerSun 3 January · Peak night. Sharp peak, up to ~40/hour — brief but rich.in 8 weeks
  • Annular solar eclipseSat 6 February · Only visible along a narrow track on Earth — check whether it passes near you (never look at the Sun unprotected).in 13 weeks
  • Penumbral lunar eclipseSat 20 February · A shadow crosses part of the Moon — visible wherever the Moon is up at the time.in 15 weeks
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We bring the telescope, and we read the sky for you — so the night lands on the right hour.

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