What's in the sky tonight in Gaziantep

Gaziantep, Türkiye · 37.06° N, 37.38° E

Tonight's sky at a glance

Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Gaziantep's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.

Sun
sets 17:42, rises 06:47 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:10 to 06:25)
Moon
Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:29, sets 05:47
Planets
  • Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:00
  • Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:20
  • Saturn: up 18:10 to 04:20, highest in the S around 23:00 (54°)
Space station
next visible pass Tue 06:08: look N, it climbs to 12° and sets in the NE · 3 min · low; look for a steady moving light
Sky darkness
Bortle class 6 (bright suburban sky): about 19.1 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 14× the natural sky
For binoculars
  1. M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:10, 77° up in the S
  2. NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:55, 47° up in the S
  3. M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:25, 71° up in the SSE

Live: tonight's sky over Gaziantep

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