Aberystwyth Guide Night Sky


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Current night sky over Aberystwyth

This page helps explain what's in the sky by above Aberystwyth by using live data and forecasts. The page is layered(ish) - with Stars and Planets at the top followed by: Moon Phases, Heavens Above, International Space Station, Northern Lights, Meteor Showers, Planes, Cloud Cover and finally Street Lamps.

What's where?





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Symbol for Venus Venus
Symbol for Mars Mars
Symbol for Jupiter Jupiter
Symbol for Saturn Saturn
Symbol for Uranus Uranus
Symbol for Neptune Neptune
Symbol for Pluto Pluto
current postion of atronimical objects above the Aberystwyth night sky
This chart can with updated with the latest positions by reloading the page every 10 minutes or so.
The center of the circle shows what's directly above you.
The rim of the circler shows what's on the horizon.



Moon Phase





Heavens Above

Heavens Above shows timetables for when various satellites, space stations, space laboratories and shuttles are due to pass over Aberystwyth. It also shows, up to date sky charts, solar system charts, sun & moon rise & set times etc



International Space Station

Naked-Eye visibility of the international space station from Aberystwyth



Auroral Forecast (Northern Lights)

current extent and position of the auroral oval in the northern hemisphere
(Britain is at 3o'clock)



Meteor Showers

NASA's Fluxtimator shows the meteor shower rate.
Change the location (if you don't want to use London then enter 52°25'North 4°05'West for Aberystwyth)
Also change the date



Planes

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Aberystwyth Air Space



Cloud Cover

current observing conditions (cloud cover) above the Aberystwyth night sky




Sat24 also provide an animation of recent IR satellite images of the UK





Street Lamps

Finally, use the night sky simulator to see just how bad the light pollution is in Aberystwyth compared with just a few miles outside



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