FK Astro

Observing aids

Helpful tools for planning a session. Beginners: start with the Moon, Jupiter’s moons, and the Pleiades.

Getting started (officers)

Edit cards and which sky widgets appear under Admin → Pages → Observing aids → Design. Live ISS, planets, and aurora use the observing pin in Society details. Swap the recommended-tools cards for links your committee actually uses.

Moon phase

Waning Crescent

Subscribe to lunar calendar

Sky conditions

Poor — heavily cloudy · 11°C · 100% cloud · 31 km/h wind

Clear Outside forecast

Aurora forecast

2.3

Kp index

Quiet — Unlikely — needs a stronger storm

Daily max Kp forecast

NOAA 27-day outlook · tap a range above to change days

Tools we recommend

Stellarium Web

The sky from a browser — good for planning what is up tonight.

Heavens-Above

ISS passes and bright satellites for your location.

Clear Outside

Cloud, seeing, and darkness before you leave home.

Moon phase

Avoid faint deep-sky targets near full Moon unless that is the target.

Live feeds

ISS passes

  • Fri 16 Oct · 06:16

    Max 12° from SSE · 3 min

  • Sun 18 Oct · 06:16

    Max 21° from SSW · 5 min

  • Mon 19 Oct · 05:29

    Max 16° from S · 4 min

  • Mon 19 Oct · 07:05

    Max 40° from SW · 1 min

  • Tue 20 Oct · 04:43

    Max 12° from SSE · 1 min

Planet visibility

  • Mercury

    Low · SW · mag -0.1 · Libra

  • Venus

    Low · SW · mag -4.5 · Virgo

  • Jupiter

    Low · W · mag -1.9 · Leo

  • Mars

    Low · NW · mag 1.1 · Cancer

Aurora forecast

2.3

Kp index

Quiet — Unlikely — needs a stronger storm

Daily max Kp forecast

NOAA 27-day outlook · tap a range above to change days