What's in the sky tonight in Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa, Türkiye · 37.16° N, 38.79° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Şanlıurfa's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:36, rises 06:42 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:04 to 06:19)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:23, sets 05:41
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:54
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:14
- Saturn: up 18:04 to 04:14, highest in the S around 22:54 (54°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Tue 06:08: look N, it climbs to 13° and sets in the NE · 3 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 7.7× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:04, 77° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:49, 47° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:19, 71° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Şanlıurfa
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