2025 Astronomical Calendar

Astronomical Calendar – Contents

• UK Night Sky
• Moon Watch
• Planet Watch
• Comets Watch
• Meteor Watch
• Satellites Watch
• Eclipse Watch
• Northern Lights Watch UK

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UK Night Sky

UK Night Sky

Sky Diary -a resource from Star-Gazing, Dave Eagle, that provides information on the planets, moon, and other celestial events.
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Star-Gazing Sky Diary

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Moon Watch

Moon Watch

Shows how you can best find the Moon in the day or night time sky.

Moon Events (dates / timetables / constellations)
Live position & real time Tracker (visible from the UK)
Moon Phases for this week	(moonphases.co.uk)
Moon Phases Calendar – look for moonless for your observing preparing.
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for this month	(timesanddates.com)

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Planet Watch

Planet Watch

Check out our planet whereabouts now.
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Planet Summary :- Mercury to Neptune (Heaven Above)
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Planet Watch

Planet Watch	Mercury Events	Venus Events	Mars Events	Jupiter Events	Saturn Events	Uranus Events	Neptune Events
Planets Visible now	visible from the UK	visible from the UK	visible from the UK	visible from the UK	visible from the UK	visible from the UK	visible from the UK

Moons of Jupiter
Here are the four bright “Galilean” moons of Jupiter — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto,
and their shadows – it also shows the position of Jupiter’s “great red spot” (GRS).

Position of Jupiter’s moons & GRS	(Shallow Sky)
Changing positions of Jupiter’s four largest moons	(In-the-Sky.org)
Position of Jupiter’s Galilean Moons:- Io / Europa / Ganymeda / Callisto	(The Sky Live)

Others:

Position of Saturn’s Rings and Moons:- Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus	(The Sky Live)
Planet Summary (Mercury to Pluto)	(Heaven Above)
Conjunctions of Planets	(In-the-Sky)
The brightest currently observable asteroids	(Heaven Above)
Position and Latest image of the Sun	(Heaven Above)

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Comets Watch

Comets Watch

Upcoming comets, when and where to find them.
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The brightest currently observable – Comets	(Heaven Above)
Comet Chasing in this month	(skyhound.com)
Realtime Comet Photo Gallery (recently photos)	(spaceweather.com)

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Meteor Watch

Meteor Watch

Want to see shooting stars? Check the key dates for major meteor showers in the UK.
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• Strong Meteor Showers – Events this year
• Full list of Meteor Showers Peaks
• To answer the most common question about Meteor Showers viewing tips.

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Satellites Watch

Satellites Watch

Satellite watching or satellite spotting is a hobby which consists of the observation and tracking of artificial satellites that are orbiting Earth.
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Daily predictions for brighter satellites – Visible Passes		(Heaven Above)
Satellites Live – Sky View		(Heaven Above)
Starlink dynamic 3D – orbit display		(Heaven Above)
International Space Station (ISS) – Visible Passes		(Heaven Above)
ISS Interactive:- 3D Visualisation / Height of the ISS – orbital height		(Heaven Above)
China’s Tiangong Space Station (photo) – spacecraft		(Heaven Above)
Ariane 6 FM1 Upper Stage (photo) – spacecraft		(Heaven Above)
ACS3 Solar Sail (photo) – spacecraft		(Heaven Above)
BlueWalker 3 – Visible Passes		(Heaven Above)
Hubble Space telescope – Visible Passes		(Heaven Above)
Envisat (Earth Observation) – Visible Passes		(Heaven Above)
Satellite – database		(Heaven Above)

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Eclipse Watch

Eclipse Watch

Find out what a lunar eclipse is and when the next total lunar eclipse in the UK will occur.
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Solar Eclipses Maps
(Now to 2030)

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Northern Lights Watch UK

Northern Lights Watch UK

See the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) in the UK tonight?
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Space Weather Prediction (dashboard)	(swpc.noaa.gov)
Solar Wind (prediction)	(swpc.noaa.gov)
Estimated Planetary K Index (Kp) (3 hour data)	(swpc.noaa.gov)
Aurora Forecast (Northern / Southern Hemisphere)	(swpc.noaa.gov)
Aurora Forecast (Europe)	(gi.alaska.edu)
Realtime Aurora Photo Gallery (recently photos)	(spaceweather.com)
Kp 1 – Kp 9 (Planetary K-Index) / G1 – G5 (Geomagnetic Storms) (What does this mean?)

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