Stargazing in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India

Dark-sky rating for Pimpri-Chinchwad

Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India is a large metropolitan area (population about 1,727,692). A place this size typically has a bright inner-city sky: only the Moon, planets and the brightest stars show from inside the urban core. That is an estimate of Bortle class 7–9 from population, not a measurement: the real value depends on the exact spot you observe from.

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Nearest dark-sky places and observatories

• Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope · observatory · about 59 km away

Milky Way season in Pimpri-Chinchwad

The bright core of the Milky Way climbs high above the horizon haze. It climbs at least 20° above the horizon during astronomical darkness in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, peaking in April at about 42°.

• The north celestial pole stands 18.6° above the horizon, so stars within 19° of it never set from here.
• About 66% 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 42.4° up, clearing the horizon haze comfortably.
• The Large Magellanic Cloud only reaches about 1.7° altitude, so it is a low, seasonal target rather than a year-round one.
• At 568 m elevation, roughly 6% of the atmosphere's mass is already below you, which measurably reduces extinction near the horizon.

Tonight and aurora

As of November 6, 2026 (UTC) the Moon is a Waning Crescent at 7% illumination. Aurora at 18.6° latitude generally needs about Kp 9.0.

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