Looking Up

Man must rise above the Earth, to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

- Socrates

Various links to current astronomical information.
If you have suggestions for additions to this page, please let me know.

Weather

Sat24.com

Meteociel - European cloud forecast

Meteoblue - Astronomical seeing forecast

Meteor showers

radiant coordinates in epoch J2000.0

Quadrantids

activity: 1-10 January
peak: 3 January
radiant: 15:18:00 +49Β°30'00"
ZHR: 120
parent body: 2003 EH

Lyrids

activity: 16-25 April
peak: 22 April
radiant: 18:04:00 +34Β°00'00"
ZHR: 18
parent body: C/1861 G1 Thatcher

Eta Aquariids

activity: 19 April - 26 May
peak: 6 May
radiant: 22:32:00 -01Β°00'00"
ZHR: 55
parent body: 1/P Halley

Alpha Capricornids

activity: 11 July - 10 August
peak: 29 July
radiant: 20:28:00 -10Β°12'00"
ZHR: 5
parent body: 169P/NEAT

Southern Delta Aquariids

activity: 12 July - 23 August
peak: 30 July
radiant: 22:40:00 -16Β°24'00"
ZHR: 16
parent body: 96/P Machholz

Perseids

activity: 17 July - 24 August
peak: 12 August
radiant: 03:12:00 +57Β°36'00"
ZHR: 100
parent body: 109/P Swift-Tuttle

Draconids

activity: 6 - 10 October
peak: 8 October
radiant: 17:00:00 +54Β°00'00"
ZHR: variable
parent body: 21/P Giacobini-Zinner

Orionids

activity: 4 October - 14 November
peak: 21 October
radiant: 06:20:00 +15Β°30'00"
ZHR: 20
parent body: 1/P Halley

(southern) Taurids

activity: 7 September - 19 November
peak: 4 November
radiant: 03:28:00 +13Β°00'00"
ZHR: 5
parent body: 2/P Encke

(northern) Taurids

activity: 19 October - 10 December
peak: 12 November
radiant: 03:52:00 +22Β°42'00"
ZHR: 5
parent body: 2/P Encke

Leonids

activity: 5 - 30 November
peak: 18 November
radiant: 10:08:00 +21Β°36'00"
ZHR: 15
parent body: 55/P Tempel-Tuttle

Geminids

activity: 4 - 16 December
peak: 14 December
radiant: 07:28:00 +32Β°00'00"
ZHR: 120
parent body: 3200 Phaethon

Ursids

activity: 17 - 26 December
peak: 22 December
radiant: 14:28:00 +74Β°48'00"
ZHR: 10
parent body: 8/P Tuttle

Aurora

SpaceweatherLive - Realtime Auroral Activity

SpaceweatherLive - Solar Flares

Space Weather Prediction Center

Planetary

Mars

Sky & Telescope's Mars Profiler

Mars Mapper

Mars rover Curiosity raw images

Mars rover Perseverance raw images

Jupiter

Sky Telescope's Jupiter's Moons

Sky & Telescope's Great Red Spot transit times

Saturn

Sky & Telescope's Saturn's Moons

Uranus

Sky & Telescope's Uranian Moons

Neptune

Sky & Telescope's Neptune's Triton tracker

Podcasts

Astronomy related podcasts that I enjoy listening to:

Astronomy Cast

365 Days of Astronomy

Nerdland (Belgian / Dutch)