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Tonight over Kirkwall · Scotland, UK · Thu 12 Nov

Go out after 20:00, look SE: skies look mostly clear.

Saturn is the steady, pale-gold point there. Look about 30° up.

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The real sky over Kirkwall at 20:00, facing south-east. Gold dots are planets, white dots the brightest stars.
Moon
Waxing crescent, 11% lit. Rises 12:32. Sets 16:31. Full Moon Tue 24 Nov.
Planets
  • Saturn in the evening, from 16:49 until 02:19, 32° up in the south · in Cetus
  • Mars before dawn, best around 06:29, 46° up in the south · in Leo
  • Jupiter before dawn, best around 06:34, 45° up in the south · in Leo
  • Venus before dawn, best around 07:29, 14° up in the south-east · in Virgo
  • Mercury before dawn, best around 07:29, 9° up in the south-east · in Virgo
Space Station
No visible pass tonight.
Meteors
Leonids peak on the night of 17–18 Nov (in 5 nights), and a few are already about. Up to about 15 an hour under a perfectly dark sky, Moon 56% lit at the peak. TimeandDate gives the peak as 17–18 Nov; the American Meteor Society says 16–17 Nov.
Cloud

Taller bars mean more cloud. 40% at the time above. Clearest around 20:00 (40%).

Aurora
Aurora is a long shot tonight: Kp up to 1.7, and you'd need about 3 to see a glow low in the north.
Sun
Sunset 15:54 · properly dark 17:30 · first light 06:22 · sunrise 07:58