84° UPAquilathe Eagle
Looksouthern sky
Anchor starAltair
How to know itBright Altair completes the Summer Triangle with Vega and Deneb, straddling the celestial equator.
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Constellations Visible Tonight — Panama City
Tonight over Panama City, 9 of the bright, easy-to-spot constellations climb high into a dark sky. Here's what's up, how high, and which way to face.
DARK-SKY WINDOW TONIGHT · PANAMA CITY
Dark by7:31 PM
Until6:01 AM
High up now9
Never rise here4
Altitudes computed for Panama City (9.0°, -79.5°) during tonight's dark hours.
High in the sky over Panama City tonight
75° UPPegasusthe Winged Horse
Looknorth-eastern sky
Anchor starMarkab
How to know itThe "Great Square" of Pegasus is a big, easy autumn signpost high in the eastern sky.
62° UPLyrathe Lyre
Looknorthern sky
Anchor starVega
How to know itSmall but led by Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky and a corner of the Summer Triangle.
57° UPCygnusthe Swan / the Northern Cross
Looknorthern sky
Anchor starDeneb
How to know itA great cross of stars flying down the summer Milky Way, with brilliant Deneb at its tail.
53° UPSagittariusthe Archer / the Teapot
Looksouthern sky
Anchor starKaus Australis
How to know itIts bright stars form a "Teapot" — and it points straight at the dense, glowing centre of the Milky Way.
52° UPBoötesthe Herdsman
Looknorth-western sky
Anchor starArcturus
How to know itA kite-shaped figure led by Arcturus, the brightest star of the northern spring sky.
51° UPScorpiusthe Scorpion
Looksouthern sky
Anchor starAntares
How to know itA genuinely scorpion-shaped curve of stars led by red Antares, riding low across the southern summer sky.
46° UPAndromedathe Chained Princess
Looknorth-eastern sky
Anchor starAlpheratz
How to know itHome to the Andromeda Galaxy — the most distant thing visible to the naked eye, a faint smudge on a dark night.
31° UPCassiopeiathe Queen
Looknorthern sky
Anchor starSchedar
How to know itA bright "W" or "M" of five stars, circling the north pole opposite the Big Dipper — useful for finding north.
“Up” is the highest the centre of each pattern gets above the horizon tonight — your fist at arm's length spans about 10°. Directions are where to face when it's best placed.
Low on the horizon from Panama City
These clear the horizon but stay low, so trees and buildings may hide them: Perseus (~17°, north-eastern) · Centaurus (~16°, south-western) · Ursa Major (~9°, north-western) · Crux (~4°, south-western) · Taurus (~1°, eastern) · Leo (~0°, western).
Out of reach from Panama City
At Panama City's latitude these never climb above the horizon, so you can't see them from here at any time of year: Orion, Carina, Gemini, Canis Major. To catch them, you'd need to travel toward the Southern Hemisphere.
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