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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Gorai, Maharashtra, India?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 19.25°, 72.78° (Asia/Kolkata).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Gorai, Maharashtra, India — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Gorai, Maharashtra, India
Above Gorai, Maharashtra, India tonight, the sky is a live system: the Moon's illumination, which planets have cleared the horizon, and whether Earth's magnetosphere is quiet or churning all change hour by hour.
Above Gorai, Maharashtra, India tonight (19.25°, 72.78°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 8.6 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 19.3°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Gorai, Maharashtra, India.
Local sky character in Gorai
Tropical / equatorial latitudes · northern hemisphere · 6 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 19.3° above the horizon, so stars within 19° of it never set from here.
- About 66.5% of the whole sky rises above the horizon at some point in the year from this latitude.
- The Milky Way's core in Sagittarius culminates about 41.8° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
- The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 1° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
- At 6 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Gorai is small enough that local light domes are limited — on a clear, moonless night the Milky Way is realistically within reach.
Astronomy near Gorai
Real great-circle distances from Gorai, Maharashtra, India.
- Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope — observatory, 134 km away, 650 m
Best nights this month in Gorai
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-13 — Darkest night of the coming month
The Moon is only 0% illuminated, giving the least lunar interference in the next 30 nights — the best window for the Milky Way and faint deep-sky targets from Gorai, Maharashtra, India.
- 2026-08-28 — Full Moon
A 100%-lit Moon washes out faint objects, but lunar terrain along the limb is at its most striking — plan bright targets and planets instead of deep sky.
Gorai, Maharashtra, India stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Gorai, Maharashtra, India?
- Tonight from Gorai, Maharashtra, India expect a new moon Moon at 0% illumination, with these naked-eye planets above the horizon after dark: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars. The night offers about 8.6 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Gorai, Maharashtra, India's elevation help stargazing?
- At 6 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope sits about 134 km from Gorai, Maharashtra, India at 650 m.
- What should I plan for observing near Gorai, Maharashtra, India?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 41.8° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Gorai, Maharashtra, India tonight?
- About 8.6 hours of astronomical darkness (Sun more than 18° below the horizon). That is the real observing window for faint objects; brighter targets are workable from dusk onward.
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