Weather & Web Resources

Clear Sky Clocks

Congaree National Park:
MAC-Hunter Obs:
MAC-Durieux Site:
Sugarloaf Obs:
West Columbia:

Other CSCs in SC

Satellite Weather Imagery

website with various loops

Visible Image

IR Image

Water Vapor Image

Observing Resources

This moon applet is attributed to 'Chris Cobb' on many other astro sites... unfortunately, the link they provide goes to, well, a site we won't go to!

This moon and Jupiter applets are from the Night Sky Observer.

To learn more about moon phases...

• Moon Phase tool

Aurora Borealis

Columbia is a pretty far south to see the aurora borealis or Northern Lights on a regular basis. On very rare occasions, we get lucky when there's a strong solar storm. Below are some indicators from other sites that I have found useful for determining if aurorae will be visible at this latitude.

for more details, please visit, the Real Time Dst Estimate Web Page


for more info about the auroral oval, please visit POES Auroral Activity