Stargazing Forecast
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Wednesday
May 16
7 out of 10 (medium - high) -
Thursday
May 17
10 out of 10 (medium - high)Mostly sunny and pleasant Hi 75° Low 54° Humidity 28% forecast detailsExcellent This is a great night to be stargazing!
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Friday
May 18
10 out of 10 (medium - high)Sunny and pleasant Hi 73° Low 56° Humidity 32% forecast detailsExcellent This is a great night to be stargazing!
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Saturday
May 19
8 out of 10 (medium - high)Sunshine and pleasant Hi 79° Low 60° Humidity 45% forecast detailsVery Good Conditions will be very good for watching the night sky.
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Sunday
May 20
10 out of 10 (medium - high)Partly sunny and warm Hi 81° Low 60° Humidity 46% forecast detailsExcellent This is a great night to be stargazing!
Moon Phases for New York, NY
Today
Waning Crescent
Sun, May 20
New
Mon, May 28
First Quarter
Mon, Jun 4
Full
Mon, Jun 11
Last Quarter
Planet Rise & Set Times
Mercury
r: 5:07 AM
s: 6:55 PM
Venus
r: 7:02 AM
s: 10:42 PM
Mars
r: 1:27 PM
S: 2:41 AM
Jupiter
r: 5:37 AM
s: 7:54 PM
Saturn
r: 5:12 PM
s: 4:32 AM
Uranus
r: 3:36 AM
s: 3:58 PM
Neptune
r: 2:14 AM
s: 1:05 PM
Astronomy Live Feed
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The Angry Sun: How to Predict Space Weather
OurAmazingPlanet.com - May 15, 2012; 10:22 AM ET
Learn about the people who watch what the sun is dishing out.
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New Astronaut Crew Launches Toward Space Station
SPACE.com - May 15, 2012; 7:13 AM ET
A Russian rocket launched three astronauts toward the International Space Station late Monday night (May 14), kicking off a two-day journey to the huge orbiting lab.
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'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Occurs May 20
space.com - May 14, 2012; 9:53 AM ET
Skywatchers in East Asia and the western United States should circle Sunday (May 20) on their calendars.
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NASA's Black Hole Hunter
AccuWeather.com - May 12, 2012; 10:14 AM ET
NASA has a new x-ray telescope that will be studying black holes.
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Spectacular 'Supermoon' Wows Skywatchers Around the World
SPACE.com - May 7, 2012; 10:08 AM ET
A supermoon rose Saturday night and people captured the event in dazzling amateur astronomy photos.
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Hubble to Use Moon as Mirror to See Venus Transit
HubbleSite.org - May 5, 2012; 9:27 AM ET
The Hubble Telescope will be pointed at the moon- to take pictures of Venus as it passes in front of the sun.
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Pursuit of Light
NASA.gov - May 4, 2012; 11:20 AM ET
NASA presents the Earth, the planets, the Sun, and the endless universe beyond.
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See May's Solar Eclipse
AccuWeather.com - May 4, 2012; 6:06 AM ET
On May 20th, an annular solar eclipse will take place.
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The AccuWeather.com Stargazing Forecast considers weather conditions and the lunar cycle to forecast the peak evenings for amateur astronomy.
Astronomy Widgets
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Space Weather Gadget
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
This Windows Vista™ gadget is handy for astronomers and features a NASA Solar Monitor which contains near-realtime and archived information on active regions and solar activity.
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Antonin-Rukl Lunar Atlas Gadget
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
The Antonin-Rukl Lunar Atlas is the standard for the Lunar Observer; it details the lunar surface as seen through the telescope.
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Solar Eclipse Calculator
For Mac OSX® - Developed by Xavier Jubier
This widget computes the local circumstances for any solar eclipses from 1970 to 2039.
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SOHO Solar Prominence Feed
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
This gadget is very useful to people who own and operate "Coranados' Line of Solar Telescope" the last 48 hours of real time feed updated every hour from NASA's SOHO Project.
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Meteor Showers
For Yahoo! Widgets - Developed by James Constable
Perfect for stargazers and amateur astronomers, this Widget keeps track of eleven of the most spectacular meteor showers visible throughout the year, and notifies you when they are active.
Island Imperiled by Rising Seas Battles Nature and Humans
Monstrous floods are wreaking havoc on the vanishing Pacific island.
Outdoor > Beach & MarineToday's Star Gazing Forecast
Very Good Conditions will be very good for watching the night sky.
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Very Good Conditions will be very good for watching the night sky.