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.
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Meteor showers
radiant coordinates in epoch J2000.0
Quadrantids
activity: 1-10 January
peak: 3 January
radiant: 15:18:00 +49°30'00"
ZHR: 120
parent body: 2003 EH
Lyrids
activity: 16-25 April
peak: 22 April
radiant: 18:04:00 +34°00'00"
ZHR: 18
parent body: C/1861 G1 Thatcher
Eta Aquariids
activity: 19 April - 26 May
peak: 6 May
radiant: 22:32:00 -01°00'00"
ZHR: 55
parent body: 1/P Halley
Alpha Capricornids
activity: 11 July - 10 August
peak: 29 July
radiant: 20:28:00 -10°12'00"
ZHR: 5
parent body: 169P/NEAT
Southern Delta Aquariids
activity: 12 July - 23 August
peak: 30 July
radiant: 22:40:00 -16°24'00"
ZHR: 16
parent body: 96/P Machholz
Perseids
activity: 17 July - 24 August
peak: 12 August
radiant: 03:12:00 +57°36'00"
ZHR: 100
parent body: 109/P Swift-Tuttle
Draconids
activity: 6 - 10 October
peak: 8 October
radiant: 17:00:00 +54°00'00"
ZHR: variable
parent body: 21/P Giacobini-Zinner
Orionids
activity: 4 October - 14 November
peak: 21 October
radiant: 06:20:00 +15°30'00"
ZHR: 20
parent body: 1/P Halley
Leonids
activity: 5 - 30 November
peak: 18 November
radiant: 10:08:00 +21°36'00"
ZHR: 15
parent body: 55/P Tempel-Tuttle
Geminids
activity: 4 - 16 December
peak: 14 December
radiant: 07:28:00 +32°00'00"
ZHR: 120
parent body: 3200 Phaethon
Ursids
activity: 17 - 26 December
peak: 22 December
radiant: 14:28:00 +74°48'00"
ZHR: 10
parent body: 8/P Tuttle
Planetary
Mars
Sky & Telescope's Mars Profiler
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
Satellites
Heavens-Above - satellite data
Sky & Telescope - International Space Station (ISS) & Hubble Space Telescope (HST) tracker