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Adelaide 阿德莱德

-34.93°S, 138.60°E · Australia/Adelaide · all times below are local

At 34.9°S the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 70° to the north-north-east and the sky stays properly dark for 7.3 hours.

orbits & twilight computed 2026-10-29 21:16 UTC FRESH · 38 min ago

The sky is properly dark from 21:22 to 04:40 (7.3 hours); Tiangong makes its next visible pass at 03:16, reaching 19° to the north-north-east; Saturn is the highest planet at 54° to the north-east, around 23:16; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window
7.3h
sun below −18°
Next pass
03:16
Tiangong · NNE · 19°
Highest pass
70°
NNE
Moon lit
82%
27.4° peak
Satellite passes — next 14 days ISS · Tiangong · Hubble · above 10° under a dark sky
TiangongSat 31 Oct03:16–03:25 (9 min)19° NNENNW → E
TiangongSat 31 Oct04:52–05:03 (10 min)62° SWWNW → ESE
HubbleSat 31 Oct05:34–05:43 (10 min)15° NNENW → ENE
ISSSat 31 Oct20:42–20:50 (8 min)11° NWWSW → N
TiangongSun 01 Nov03:53–04:03 (10 min)68° NEWNW → ESE
HubbleSun 01 Nov05:00–05:10 (10 min)14° NNENW → ENE
TiangongSun 01 Nov05:30–05:40 (10 min)30° SW → ESE
TiangongMon 02 Nov02:53–03:03 (10 min)35° NNENW → ESE
HubbleMon 02 Nov04:27–04:37 (10 min)14° NNENW → ENE
TiangongMon 02 Nov04:30–04:40 (10 min)41° SW → ESE
TiangongTue 03 Nov01:54–02:03 (9 min)19° NENNW → ESE
TiangongTue 03 Nov03:30–03:40 (10 min)65° SSWWNW → ESE
HubbleTue 03 Nov03:54–04:04 (10 min)14° NNENW → ENE
TiangongTue 03 Nov05:07–05:17 (10 min)25° SWSW → ESE
HubbleTue 03 Nov05:33–05:43 (10 min)27° NWNW → ENE
TiangongWed 04 Nov02:30–02:40 (10 min)70° NNEWNW → ESE
HubbleWed 04 Nov03:21–03:30 (10 min)13° NNENW → ENE
TiangongWed 04 Nov04:07–04:17 (10 min)30° SSWW → ESE
HubbleWed 04 Nov04:59–05:10 (11 min)27° NWNW → ENE
TiangongThu 05 Nov01:30–01:40 (10 min)35° NNENW → ESE
HubbleThu 05 Nov02:48–02:57 (10 min)13° NNENW → ENE
HubbleThu 05 Nov04:26–04:37 (10 min)26° NNEWNW → ENE
HubbleFri 06 Nov02:15–02:24 (9 min)13° NNENW → ENE
HubbleFri 06 Nov03:53–04:04 (10 min)26° NWNW → ENE
HubbleFri 06 Nov05:32–05:43 (10 min)29° NWNW → ENE

Tonight's timelineAdelaide · 19:46 → 06:16

Interactive plan →
Moon27° SSW
Saturn54° NE
Mars32°
Jupiter32°
Mercurybelow 10°
Venusbelow 10°
19:4621:5223:5802:0404:1006:16
Best targetshighest first
01Saturn20:46–03:0454° NEup 19:46–04:22
02Marsup 03:4632° up 03:46–06:16
03Jupiterup 03:5832° up 03:58–06:16

At 82% illuminated the Moon is the brightest thing in the sky tonight and will wash out fainter targets while it is up. Look for the planets anyway — they cut through moonlight better than almost anything else.

How passes work

We track three objects bright enough to be worth going outside for: the ISS, China's Tiangong station and the Hubble Space Telescope. Each orbits at roughly 7.5 km/s and comes round every 90–95 minutes, but a pass only counts as visible when the object is sunlit while your sky is dark — which is why they cluster in the two hours after sunset and before sunrise.

Elevation is the angle above your horizon. 10° is easy to spot if you know where to look; 45° is unmistakable — brighter than any star, moving like an aircraft that makes no sound. The last column tells you where to look first and where it will disappear.

Hubble is far fainter than the two stations: treat it as a dark-sky target for people who already know the sky, not a first sighting.

Positions from SGP4 propagation of the current Celestrak TLEs, checked against your coordinates; accuracy a few kilometres, which for “is it over my head” is plenty. A stale TLE drifts by seconds, not by orbits.

Nearby citiesclosest by distance, each recomputed for its own coordinates

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2026-10-30 · 3 次
03:16TiangongNNW → E · 9 分钟19° NNE
04:52TiangongWNW → ESE · 10.5 分钟62° SW
05:34HubbleNW → ENE · 9.5 分钟15° NNE
2026-10-31 · 4 次
20:42ISSWSW → N · 8.5 分钟11° NW
03:53TiangongWNW → ESE · 10 分钟68° NE
05:00HubbleNW → ENE · 10 分钟14° NNE
05:30TiangongW → ESE · 10 分钟30° S
2026-11-01 · 3 次
02:53TiangongNW → ESE · 10 分钟35° NNE
04:27HubbleNW → ENE · 9.5 分钟14° NNE
04:30TiangongW → ESE · 10 分钟41° S
2026-11-02 · 5 次
01:54TiangongNNW → ESE · 9 分钟19° NE
03:30TiangongWNW → ESE · 10 分钟65° SSW
03:54HubbleNW → ENE · 9.5 分钟14° NNE
05:07TiangongWSW → ESE · 9.5 分钟25° S
05:33HubbleWNW → ENE · 10.5 分钟27° N
2026-11-03 · 4 次
02:30TiangongWNW → ESE · 10 分钟70° NNE
03:21HubbleNW → ENE · 9.5 分钟13° NNE
04:07TiangongW → ESE · 10 分钟30° SSW
04:59HubbleWNW → ENE · 11 分钟27° N
2026-11-04 · 3 次
01:30TiangongNW → ESE · 9.5 分钟35° NNE
02:48HubbleNW → ENE · 9.5 分钟13° NNE
04:26HubbleWNW → ENE · 10.5 分钟26° NNE
2026-11-05 · 3 次
02:15HubbleNW → ENE · 9 分钟13° NNE
03:53HubbleWNW → ENE · 10.5 分钟26° N
05:32HubbleWNW → ENE · 10.5 分钟29° N

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