A world map of the positions of satellites above the earth s surface and a planetarium view showing where they appear in the night sky.
Satellites in the sky tonight scotland.
Don t forget to look west at 9 10pm where they should be visible for six minutes.
Beta the interactive night sky map simulates the sky above edinburgh on a date of your choice.
The map also shows the phases of the moon and all solar and lunar eclipses.
Starlink 6 7 is set to appear tonight in the west and move across the sky to the south east.
Use it to locate a planet the moon or the sun and track their movements across the sky.
They will appear between.
The entire passage will take only four minutes and will start at 8 54pm this evening.
The map also shows the phases of the moon and all solar and lunar eclipses.
By default satellites are only shown if they reach a maximum brightness of 4th magnitude.
Several smaller trains of four satellites will travel nw to se a bit higher in the sky within that same time frame.
Use the form below to search for satellites which will fly over your location.
A train of spacex starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from a video captured by satellite tracker marco langbroek in leiden the netherlands on may 24 2019 just one day.
Results are shown starting from the evening of the selected date.
Use it to locate a planet the moon or the sun and track their movements across the sky.
A clear night sky offers an ever changing display of fascinating objects to see stars constellations and bright planets often the moon and sometimes special events like meteor showers.
To show pre dawn passes select the day before and then scroll down to the bottom of that night s passes.
There is a second train of about ten satellites traveling sw to ne from 8 20 to.
The satellites should become visible for the first time tonight in less than 10 minutes.
Guides to the night sky.