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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Gushu, Anhui, China?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 31.56°, 118.48° (Asia/Shanghai).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
🔭 Tonight's Sky Report
📍 Gushu, Anhui, China — Wednesday, August 12
Tonight's sky above Gushu, Anhui, China
Whether tonight is a good night for stargazing from Gushu, Anhui, China comes down to four real things: the Moon phase, cloud cover, which planets are up, and the current Kp index.
Above Gushu, Anhui, China tonight (31.56°, 118.48°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 7.7 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 31.6°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 9 or higher — to reach Gushu, Anhui, China.
Local sky character in Gushu
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 13 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 31.6° above the horizon, so stars within 32° of it never set from here.
- About 76.2% 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 29.4° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 13 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Gushu is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
Astronomy near Gushu
Real great-circle distances from Gushu, Anhui, China.
- Purple Mountain Observatory — observatory, 65 km away, 267 m
Best nights this month in Gushu
Calculated for these coordinates and today's date — not a fixed list.
- 2026-08-12 — 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 Gushu, Anhui, China.
- 2026-08-12 — Perseids peak — up to 100/hour
Radiant in Perseus. Favours the Northern Hemisphere, which includes Gushu, Anhui, China. The Moon is 2% lit on peak night, so lunar interference is none.
- 2026-08-27 — 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.
Gushu, Anhui, China stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Gushu, Anhui, China?
- Tonight from Gushu, Anhui, China 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 7.7 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- Does Gushu, Anhui, China's elevation help stargazing?
- At 13 m you are above a meaningful fraction of the atmosphere, which reduces extinction and scintillation — the reason major observatories are sited high. Purple Mountain Observatory sits about 65 km from Gushu, Anhui, China at 267 m.
- What should I plan for observing near Gushu, Anhui, China?
- High sites reward targets that suffer most from atmosphere: planets at high altitude, faint nebulae, and the Milky Way, which culminates around 29.4° here. Cold and thinner air are the practical constraints, not the sky.
- How dark does it actually get in Gushu, Anhui, China tonight?
- About 7.7 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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