A serious observatory dashboard

Sky modules

• Tonight Observing Dashboard

  What's observable tonight — twilight, Moon & ranked planets, composed & computed.

• Moon Phase & Position

  Phase, illumination, and location-aware moonrise, moonset & position — computed.

• Sun & Twilight

  Sunrise, sunset & twilight for any location — computed.

• Twilight Times

  Civil, nautical & astronomical twilight explained.

• Planet Visibility

  Which naked-eye planets are up tonight — rise, set & visibility, computed.

• Meteor Showers

  Guides to the eight major annual showers. Dated peak nights are on the observing calendar.

• Eclipses

  Solar and lunar eclipse types and safety. Dated eclipses come from NASA's catalogue on the observing calendar.

• Comets

  What makes comets visible, and notable comets.

• Asteroid Close Approaches

  What a close approach means. Live approaches are in the near-Earth-object section.

• ISS Tracker

  How ISS passes work. The station is tracked live from NASA's own trajectory in the satellite section.

• Aurora

  What causes aurora and the Kp index. NOAA's live OVATION forecast is in the space-weather section.

• Space Weather

  Solar flares and geomagnetic storms explained. Live conditions are in the space-weather section.

• Observing Calendar

  A month-by-month guide to recurring events, without years. The dated calendar is at /events.

• Sky Events

  Recurring annual sky events at a glance; the dated ones are at /events.

• Quadrantids

  Peak night of 3–4 January

  ZHR ≈ 110

• Lyrids

  Peak night of 22–23 April

  ZHR ≈ 18

• Eta Aquariids

  Peak night of 5–6 May

  ZHR ≈ 50

• Perseids

  Peak night of 12–13 August

  ZHR ≈ 100

• Orionids

  Peak night of 21–22 October

  ZHR ≈ 20

• Leonids

  Peak night of 17–18 November

  ZHR ≈ 15

• Geminids

  Peak night of 13–14 December

  ZHR ≈ 150

• Taurids

  Peak early November

  ZHR ≈ 5

Annual parameters from the IMO Meteor Shower Calendar. ZHR is an ideal-condition maximum, not a live count.

Data-provider architecture

Typed provider interfaces are in place for the sources a live sky platform would draw on. All are planned — none is connected, and no live external API is called from these pages.

• JPL Horizonsconnected

  Planet ephemerides · Moon position · Rise/set

• US Naval Observatory Almanacplanned

  Sunrise/sunset · Moonrise/moonset · Moon phases

• NASA DONKIconnected

  Solar flares · CMEs · Geomagnetic storms

• NOAA SWPCconnected

  Aurora forecast (OVATION) · Kp index · Geomagnetic storm scale (G1–G5)

• CelesTrakplanned

  ISS orbital elements (TLE) · Satellite passes (via propagation)

• NASA ISS Trajectory Dataconnected

  ISS operational ephemeris (CCSDS OEM) · Sub-satellite position & ground track · Visible passes for an explicit observer

• Minor Planet Centerconnected

  Asteroid & comet designations and orbits · Close-approach data

• International Meteor Organizationplanned

  Annual meteor shower calendar · Peak dates · ZHR

• NASA Open APIsplanned

  Astronomy imagery · Near-Earth objects (NeoWs) · General mission data

• Eclipse Catalogueconnected

  Solar & lunar eclipse circumstances · Paths of totality

• Launch Library 2connected

  Upcoming orbital launch schedule · Scheduling precision & confirmation times

• MET Norway Weather APIconnected

  Total cloud cover · Air temperature, humidity and wind