Satellites Visible Tonight from Vadodara

Satellites visible from Vadodara (22.3072°N, 73.1812°E) tonight, with the IST start time, direction, peak height and brightness of each pass. A pass is listed only when the satellite clears 10°, is sunlit, your sky is dark and it reaches about magnitude 4.5.

Vadodara lies under 40 m above sea level on a flat plain beside the Vishwamitri, between the Mahi and the Narmada. Watch the eastern horizon: Pavagadh hill, about 45 km north-east, is the first high ground, and the forest beyond it towards Jambughoda is far darker than the city.

When the sky works in Vadodara

The monsoon runs from mid-June to mid-September and brings about 1,000 mm. Summer heat lasts from March into July, while November to February are extremely dry and give Vadodara its clearest nights.

Darker skies near Vadodara

Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary, about 70 km east, and the Champaner-Pavagadh area, about 45 km north-east, are the nearest dark country.

Planetarium and astronomy clubs

Sardar Patel Planetarium in Sayaji Baug has a rooftop observatory, where the Amateur Astronomers Association of Vadodara has held public telescope nights since 1996.

Nearby cities

Pass times for Ahmedabad, Surat.

Which satellites are visible from Vadodara?

The ISS is the brightest at magnitude -3 to -4, followed by China's Tiangong station, large Earth-observation satellites, spent rocket bodies and Starlink trains in the days after a launch. GPS and NavIC satellites orbit too high to see with the naked eye.