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Can You See the Milky Way from Pittsburgh?

Good news for Pittsburgh: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 21° 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 · PITTSBURGH
VerdictGood — core well clear of the horizon
Core height21° up
Look towardsouthern sky
Best by1:25 AM
MoonWaxing Crescent · 6%

Core altitude computed for Pittsburgh (40.4°, -80.0°) during tonight's dark hours.

Milky Way season & the Moon for Pittsburgh

Core season hereRoughly May to July, best around June.
Dark by10:10 PM
Until5:50 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 Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh right now

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

More sky over Pittsburgh

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Milky Way visibility nearby

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SEE IT ON THE MAP

The live sky map shows the day/night line over Pittsburgh in real time.

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