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Night Sky Tonight in Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

Moon: 88.5%
Waning Gibbous
Night Time:22 hours, 20 minutes
Sunset:Jun 13 at 1:39 pm
End of Twilight*:Jun 14 at 5:45 pm
Start of Twilight*:Jun 15 at 9:20 am
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Rothera Research Station has polar night

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Skywatching in June

The Moon meets up with Saturn, Venus, and Mars in the second half of June.

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Tonight's Sky in Rothera Research Station, Jun 14 – Jun 15, 2025

Venus rise and set in Rothera Research Station

Up some of the night.

Venus is visible more than 8 hours during the polar night. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Sat, Jun 14 ↓2:32 pm
Sun, Jun 15 ↑6:21 am

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Mars rise and set in Rothera Research Station

Up some of the night.

Mars is visible more than 7 hours during the polar night. It is quite close to the horizon, making it fainter because the light has to cover a larger distance when traveling through the Earth's atmosphere. Make sure to get an unobstructed view.

Sat, Jun 14 ↑2:14 pm
Sat, Jun 14 ↓9:53 pm

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Saturn rise and set in Rothera Research Station

Up some of the night.

Saturn is visible more than 12 hours during the polar night.

Sat, Jun 14 ↓2:27 pm
Sun, Jun 15 ↑1:45 am

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Jun 15, 2025

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Uranus rise and set in Rothera Research Station

Up some of the night. Bring binoculars (but don't look at the Sun!).

Uranus is visible more than 4 hours during the polar night. It is very close to the horizon, making it fainter because the light has to cover a larger distance when traveling through the Earth's atmosphere. Make sure to get an unobstructed view with as little light pollution as possible. You may need binoculars, but only use them when sun is down.

Sat, Jun 14 ↓1:57 pm
Sun, Jun 15 ↑9:32 am

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Jun 15, 2025

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Neptune rise and set in Rothera Research Station

Up some of the night. Use binoculars.

Neptune is visible more than 12 hours during the polar night. Very faint, use binoculars.

Sat, Jun 14 ↓2:18 pm
Sun, Jun 15 ↑1:57 am

Jun 14, 2025
Jun 15, 2025

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Planets Visible in Rothera Research Station

 Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Jun 14, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryDown all daySat 2:47 pmDown all night, not visible
VenusSat 6:17 amSat 2:32 pmSat 10:25 amPerfect visibility
MarsSat 2:14 pmSat 9:53 pmSat 6:03 pmAverage visibility
JupiterDown all daySat 2:04 pmDown all night, not visible
SaturnSat 1:49 amSat 2:27 pmSat 8:08 amFairly good visibility
UranusSat 9:35 amSat 1:57 pmSat 11:46 amVery difficult to see
NeptuneSat 2:01 amSat 2:18 pmSat 8:10 amDifficult to see