As you can
imagine weather is a very important parameter for stargazers.
Therefore I start this page with some links to weather
information and predictions. It starts on the right
with a special Astro weather forecast for Germany. Then
below you will find first some data of the worldwide
situation, then on Europe, then Germany and finally
I will focus on the locations of my 3 homes which are
all here in the South Western part of Germany. At the
very end of this page you will find some very interesting
online simulation tools.
Astrowettervorhersage
für ganz Deutschland Astro-weather-forecast
for Germany (in German)
Above and
below you can see some real-time views of our planet
Earth with the present sunlight and cloud patterns.
Click on either picture to get a high resolution image.
Courtesy of www.die.net.
Wettersatellitenbild
Mitteleuropa @ www.wetterzentrale.de
Weather Sat Picture Central Europe
Meteosat Wetterfilm Mitteleuropa @ www.wetterzentrale.de
Meteosat Animation Central Europe
Derzeitige
Temperaturen in Europa @ www.wetterzentrale.de
Present temperatures in Europe
Regenradar
Südwestdeutschland @ www.Radar-Info.de Local
Weather Radar South West Germany
Regenradar
Film Südwestdeutschland @ www.Radar-Info.de Weather
Radar Animation South West Germany
Niederschlag
letzte 24h Südwestdeutschland @ HVZ Rain distribution
last 24 h South West Germany
Niederschlag
Brettach letzte 4 Tage @ LFU-BW Rain statistic
Brettach last 4 days
Kameras
in und um Heilbronn Webcams around Heilbronn
Niederschlag
Freiburg letzte 4 Tage @ LFU-BW Rain statistic
Freiburg last 4 days
Kameras
in und um Freiburg Webcams around Freiburg
Niederschlag
Waldsee letzte 4 Tage @ LFU-BW Rain statistic
Waldsee last 4 days
Kameras
in und um Waldsee Webcams around Waldsee
Schedule of Astronomy related Television transmission
of NASA:
Today's activity of the Sun (please click on
pictures/icons to enlarge):
Todays pictures of the sun
The graph below indicates the probability
of an Aurora. The further the marker is in the lower
right corner (red area) the more likely is a coming
Aurora.
Magnetometer data from Germany
Solar X-Ray Flux and Geomagnetic
Field
Solar X-Rays
Geomagnetic field
The picture below shows
the present Aurora oval. The larger the oval, the further
down to low latitudes it can be observed.
The plot below simulates the area, where
in the Northern Hemisphere Aurora presently is visible (assuming
a dark sky). It is updated every 5 minutes but you have to click
the reload button of your browser. The model computes the estimated
brightness of auroral activity and plots this on the map as a solid
bright color that varies from green (no activity to low levels of
auroral activity) to brown/orange (low to moderate levels of activity)
to red (moderate to high levels of activity). The brighter the red,
the more intense the activity. Those areas which may be able to
spot activity are most often within the zone of fading color on
the outskirts of the plotted auroral oval. The extent of the fading
color zone on the outskirts of the oval is based on the estimated
height and intensity of auroral luminosity.
The
map below shows, where Auroral sightings have been reported during
the last 72 hours
Here you can see today's phase of the Moon. Click on the right
picture to get a high resolution moon map.
Here you can check which planets can be presently seen...
... and the present view and constellation
of the Moons of Jupiter, Saturn and Mars (click on the pictures
below to get the live pictures)
Jupiter's moons
Saturn's
moons
Mars
simulation
Earth's
moon
The German Astrosite astronomie.de
provides a view of the German night sky which is updated
hourly
Sky
& Telescopes Interactive Sky Chart shows you which
constellations can presently be seen
Calculate upcoming Iridium flares
visible from the location of DD1US
(thanks to CalSky for providing
this excellent service)
This
picture shows you the current position of the International
Space Station ISS (courtesy of ESA&Heavens-Above)
