Sky events
A tab listing what is coming up in the sky over your station: eclipses, meteor showers, planets, supermoons, equinoxes and solstices, for your location.
The Sky events tab lists the next things in the sky worth going outside for, soonest first, and only those visible from your station. Like Sun & moon, it is calculated from your station's coordinates.
What is listed
| Event | What is shown |
|---|---|
| Solar eclipse | The next one visible from your station, as it appears there (total, annular or partial), how much of the sun is covered, and when. |
| Lunar eclipse | The next one with the moon above your horizon: total, partial or penumbral, and how much of the moon is in shadow. |
| Meteor showers | The next four whose radiant rises at your latitude: peak night, radiant height, meteors per hour under ideal skies, and how much moonlight competes. |
| Planets | Mercury to Saturn: opposition for the outer planets, greatest elongation for Mercury and Venus. |
| Supermoon | The next full moon near a perigee closer than 362,000 km. |
| Season | The next equinox or solstice. |
Times are the peak, in your station's time zone. Events are searched about a year ahead, eclipses further. If nothing qualifies, the tab says so.
Anything not visible from your station is left off: an eclipse on the far side of the planet, a shower whose radiant never rises. Uranus and Neptune are not listed because they are never a naked-eye sight.
A solar eclipse entry reminds visitors never to look at the sun without a certified solar filter.
Turning it on or off
The tab is on by default for any station with coordinates. Switch it under Homepage > Sections and tabs > Sky events. Without coordinates the switch is greyed out; see Turning it on or off to set a location.
Next steps
- Sun & moon: where the sun and moon are right now
- Homepage