What's in the sky tonight in Balıkesir
Balıkesir, Türkiye · 39.65° N, 27.88° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Balıkesir's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:16, rises 07:29 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:48 to 07:03)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 17:05, sets 06:30
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:38
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:58
- Saturn: up 18:48 to 04:48, highest in the S around 23:38 (52°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:04: look NNW, it climbs to 11° and sets in the NNE · 2 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 7.6× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:48, 75° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:33, 44° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:03, 69° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Balıkesir
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