Thu, Oct 21

Orionids meteor shower 2027 from Manchester, NH

Best 12:30 AM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 63°).

Up to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 69% lit on the peak night.

in 353 days 13 h

Times are local (EDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Manchester, NH

One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Manchester, NH: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, the northern lights, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.

Put Manchester, NH's sky in your calendar

Full moons, meteor showers, eclipses and bright ISS passes (with a 10-minute reminder) appear in your calendar and update by themselves.

Plan your night

☁️ Clouds through the night

The hour-by-hour cloud forecast appears about five days before.

🌑 Find a dark sky

City light hides most of the show. Drive until the sky looks clearly darker (often 30–60 minutes out), away from streetlights, with an open view.

🛰️ Also crossing the sky that night

Bright ISS and Starlink passes during the best hours appear about five days before.

Shooting stars streak across the sky: up to about 20 an hour from a dark place, fewer this year in bright moonlight.

How to watch

Find a dark place away from city lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust.
Lie back and look at a wide part of the sky; you do not need to face the radiant.
Rates are highest in the hours before dawn.

Tonight's sky over Manchester, NH →

Other cities

Lowell, MABest 12:30 AM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Lynn, MABest 12:28 AM–5:58 AM (radiant up to 63°)
BostonBest 12:29 AM–5:59 AM (radiant up to 64°)
Worcester, MABest 12:32 AM–6:02 AM (radiant up to 64°)
Brockton, MABest 12:29 AM–5:59 AM (radiant up to 64°)
ProvidenceBest 12:30 AM–6:00 AM (radiant up to 64°)
Springfield, MABest 12:35 AM–6:05 AM (radiant up to 64°)
New Bedford, MABest 12:28 AM–5:58 AM (radiant up to 64°)
HartfordBest 12:35 AM–6:05 AM (radiant up to 64°)
Waterbury, CTBest 12:37 AM–6:07 AM (radiant up to 64°)

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).