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What Can I See in the Sky Tonight in Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden?
New Moon moon at 0%, Venus shines at magnitude -4.4. Calculated for 56.16°, 15.59° (Europe/Stockholm).
Visible planets tonight
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Mars — brightest: Venus at mag -4.4 in Virgo
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📍 Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden — Thursday, August 13
Tonight's sky above Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden
Skywatchers in Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden have the same live tools professional observers use — a real ephemeris, live Kp readings from NOAA SWPC, and hourly cloud forecasts — condensed into one report on this page.
Above Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden tonight (56.16°, 15.59°), expect a new moon moon at 0% illumination. The night gives 2.3 hours of true astronomical darkness. At 56.2°, aurora needs a strong storm — roughly Kp 3.5 or higher — to reach Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden.
Local sky character in Karlskrona
Northern mid-latitudes · northern hemisphere · 18 m elevation
- The north celestial pole stands 56.2° above the horizon, so stars within 56° of it never set from here.
- About 91.5% 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 4.8° up, staying low, so a clear southern horizon matters.
- At 18 m elevation, roughly 0% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.
Karlskrona is a town-scale settlement, so the edge of the built-up area is often dark enough for the Milky Way on moonless nights.
Best nights this month in Karlskrona
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 Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden.
- 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.
Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden stargazing questions
- What can I see in the sky tonight from Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden?
- Tonight from Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden 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 2.3 hours of true astronomical darkness.
- How likely are the northern lights in Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden?
- Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden sits at 56.2° N, inside the latitude range the auroral oval reaches on ordinary active nights — the oval sits near 58° geomagnetic latitude at Kp 3. A stronger disturbance — around Kp 3.5 — is still needed for the display to reach overhead.
- What time of night is best for aurora watching in Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden?
- Auroral substorms cluster around local magnetic midnight, so the hours either side of midnight are statistically strongest. You also need real darkness: this page's dusk and dawn times mark the usable window, and the window is longest around the winter months.
- Do I need to leave Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden to see the aurora?
- Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden is small enough that local sky glow is not the limiting factor; a clear view toward the northern horizon and clear weather matter more.
- How dark does it actually get in Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden tonight?
- About 2.3 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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