PAW  

Palo Alto Weather Celestial Information

Weather • Air Quality • Seismic Activity

PaloAltoWeather.com

 
Current Forecast Radar Gauges Graphs Highs/Lows Celestial Seismograph Reports About
 


TodaySunMoonPlanetsStars

The Stars over Palo Alto

37.43° N · 122.11° W · computed 11:50 AM

The sky now · looking up

NSEW30°60°Adara — alt 21.3°, az 162.4°, mag 1.50Alcaid — alt 11.2°, az 34.8°, mag 1.85Aldebaran — alt 64.4°, az 219.9°, mag 0.87Alderamin — alt 19.0°, az 337.0°, mag 2.45Algieba — alt 28.1°, az 85.8°, mag 2.01Algol — alt 60.1°, az 289.2°, mag 2.09Alhena — alt 65.7°, az 146.5°, mag 1.93Alioth — alt 21.6°, az 35.1°, mag 1.76Almach — alt 48.5°, az 294.7°, mag 2.10Alnilam — alt 51.4°, az 182.8°, mag 1.69Alnitak — alt 50.6°, az 181.0°, mag 1.74Alphard — alt 20.2°, az 119.1°, mag 1.99Alpheratz — alt 21.9°, az 290.8°, mag 2.07Aludra — alt 19.2°, az 156.9°, mag 2.45Arneb — alt 34.7°, az 183.1°, mag 2.58Bellatrix — alt 58.7°, az 188.6°, mag 1.64Betelgeuse — alt 59.9°, az 174.1°, mag 0.45Canopus — alt 0.0°, az 174.0°, mag -0.62Capella — alt 80.2°, az 332.7°, mag 0.08Caph — alt 34.7°, az 321.9°, mag 2.28Castor — alt 66.4°, az 95.4°, mag 1.58Deneb — alt 2.2°, az 330.5°, mag 1.25Denebola — alt 7.7°, az 77.6°, mag 2.14Diphda — alt 1.0°, az 246.8°, mag 2.04Dubhe — alt 36.8°, az 35.8°, mag 1.81Elnath — alt 80.5°, az 202.7°, mag 1.65Hamal — alt 42.2°, az 269.2°, mag 2.01Kochab — alt 25.2°, az 12.1°, mag 2.07Markab — alt 2.2°, az 288.0°, mag 2.49Menkalinan — alt 81.8°, az 21.5°, mag 1.90Menkar — alt 40.5°, az 237.9°, mag 2.54Merak — alt 35.8°, az 42.3°, mag 2.34Mintaka — alt 52.2°, az 184.6°, mag 2.25Mirach — alt 36.4°, az 290.5°, mag 2.07Mirfak — alt 62.4°, az 308.1°, mag 1.79Mirzam — alt 33.9°, az 168.7°, mag 1.98Mizar — alt 17.6°, az 33.2°, mag 2.23Naos — alt 6.2°, az 153.8°, mag 2.21Phecda — alt 27.9°, az 42.2°, mag 2.41Polaris — alt 37.9°, az 359.5°, mag 1.97Pollux — alt 62.7°, az 101.3°, mag 1.16Procyon — alt 48.3°, az 133.5°, mag 0.40Regulus — alt 25.9°, az 94.9°, mag 1.36Rigel — alt 43.9°, az 189.9°, mag 0.18Saiph — alt 42.9°, az 178.5°, mag 2.07Scheat — alt 9.7°, az 298.3°, mag 2.44Schedar — alt 38.1°, az 317.5°, mag 2.24Sirius — alt 33.9°, az 162.1°, mag -1.44Wezen — alt 23.1°, az 159.4°, mag 1.83Zosma — alt 17.9°, az 77.6°, mag 2.56Mercury — alt 57.6°, az 120.5°, mag 4.2Venus — alt 28.5°, az 94.4°, mag -4.1Mars — alt 65.2°, az 235.0°, mag 1.3Jupiter — alt 53.0°, az 107.0°, mag -1.8Saturn — alt 16.5°, az 261.6°, mag 0.7Uranus — alt 63.3°, az 238.2°, mag 5.8Neptune — alt 7.1°, az 265.2°, mag 7.8Sun — alt 66.7°, az 123.8°Moon — alt 17.9°, az 267.5°, 50% illuminatedMercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneSunMoonBetelgeuseCanopusCapellaRigelSirius

North at the top, east at the left — the sky-chart orientation, as if lying on your back looking up. Altitude rings at 30° and 60°; the rim is the horizon. Dot size follows magnitude; the brighter the star, the larger the mark. The sun is up, so the plate shows the stars where they stand behind the daylight.

Bright stars · today

StarRiseTransitSetMagNow
Sirius 7:42 AM 12:51 PM 6:00 PM -1.4 up 34°
Arcturus 1:17 PM 8:20 PM 3:28 AM -0.1 below horizon
Vega 4:05 PM 12:45 AM 9:20 AM 0.0 below horizon
Capella 1:48 AM 11:24 AM 8:59 PM 0.1 up 80°
Rigel 5:44 AM 11:21 AM 4:58 PM 0.2 up 44°
Procyon 7:28 AM 1:45 PM 8:03 PM 0.4 up 48°
Betelgeuse 5:37 AM 12:01 PM 6:26 PM 0.5 up 60°
Altair 7:25 PM 1:59 AM 8:28 AM 0.8 below horizon
Aldebaran 3:48 AM 10:43 AM 5:37 PM 0.9 up 64°
Antares 6:01 PM 10:34 PM 3:11 AM 1.1 below horizon
Spica 2:03 PM 7:30 PM 1:01 AM 1.0 below horizon
Deneb 5:17 PM 2:49 AM 12:17 PM 1.2 up 2°
Regulus 9:35 AM 4:14 PM 10:53 PM 1.4 up 26°
Polaris circumpolar — always up 2.0 up 38°

IAU named stars, computed by weewx-skyfield from the Hipparcos catalog.

The neighborhood

StarDistanceMag
Proxima Centauri 4.2 ly 11.0
the nearest, never above our horizon
Rigil Kentaurus 4.4 ly 0.0
Alpha Centauri A
Toliman 4.4 ly 1.4
Alpha Centauri B
Barnard's Star 5.9 ly 9.5
Sirius 8.6 ly -1.4
the brightest in our sky
Procyon 11.4 ly 0.4
Altair 16.8 ly 0.8
Vega 25.3 ly 0.0

The nearest named stars, plus bright familiar ones for scale; a light year is about 5.88 trillion miles.

Calculated with Skyfield and JPL's DE421 ephemeris.

PaloAltoWeather.com ©2019-2026 by John A Kline.
Contact: weatherman@paloaltoweather.com
Don't use this information to make consequential decisions.
Double check information before relying on it!