Plan with the sky2 min read3 steps

Never miss a meteor shower

Turn on sky alerts for meteor showers, eclipses and planets at their best.

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Turn on alerts
In Tonight's Sky, open the menu (three dots) and switch on "Sky alerts". Tap "Allow" when your phone asks about notifications.
Alerts cover meteor showers, planets and eclipses: a few a month, at most one a day, and never during quiet hours at night.
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See what is coming
Tap "Upcoming events" in the same menu. The list shows meteor shower peaks, eclipses and planets at their best for the next seven months.
Tap an event to see the sky at that moment.
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Watching a meteor shower
Open the shower from its alert. The sky shows the radiant, the point the meteors seem to come from.
You do not need to look right at the radiant: meteors appear all over the sky. Lie back, give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust, and avoid looking at your screen.
Run Night mode on a tripod during a shower: you may catch a meteor in your star trails.