Observing location
New York, NY
40.71° N · 74.01° W
Venus at Dusk
The evening star hangs low and fierce over the western horizon.
ISS Evening Pass
The station outshines every star as it crosses the twilight sky.
Starlink Train — Group 9-14
A fresh string of satellites parades in single file across the dusk sky.
Falcon 9 — Starlink Group 10-22
A twilight liftoff from the Cape — booster and plume lit by the low sun.
Jupiter High in the East
The giant planet dominates the late-evening sky.
Saturn Due South
The ringed planet reaches its highest point of the night.
Hubble Space Telescope Pass
A faint, quick glint — the telescope that rewrote astronomy.
Geminid Meteor Shower — Peak
The year’s most reliable shower radiates from Gemini.
ISS Pre-Dawn Pass
A bright morning crossing before the sky begins to lighten.
Starlink Train — Group 12-3
An older train — dimmer, looser, but still a striking line.
Falcon Heavy — USSF Mission
Three cores light the sky on a high-energy evening trajectory.
Tiangong Station Pass
China’s space station makes a bright evening crossing.
Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN)
A binocular comet glows low in the northwest after dusk.
ISS Near-Overhead Pass
The best pass of the week — straight through the zenith.
Southern Taurids — Broad Peak
Slow, bright fireballs from a long-running stream.
Electron — Rocket Lab “Night Owl”
A slim night launch — fainter than Falcon, still a clean climbing spark.
Mars in the Morning Sky
The red planet climbs the eastern sky before dawn.
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