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Can You See the Milky Way from Bangkok?

Good news for Bangkok: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 47° above the southern horizon in a dark sky. With dark skies and no Moon, the bright heart of the Milky Way is on show.

GALACTIC CORE TONIGHT · BANGKOK
VerdictExcellent — core rides high
Core height47° up
Look towardsouthern sky
Best by12:25 AM
MoonWaxing Crescent · 6%

Core altitude computed for Bangkok (13.8°, 100.5°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Bangkok

Core season hereRoughly April to August, best around June.
Dark by7:40 PM
Until5:55 AM

The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.

The Milky Way is faint and easily lost to light pollution and moonlight. Even when the core is high, you need a genuinely dark sky — well away from city lights — and ideally a night near the new Moon to see it well from Bangkok.

Bangkok right now

A dark, cloudless sky is everything for the Milky Way — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Bangkoktells you whether it's worth the trip out of town.

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