Why this site exists

Most people miss meteor showers because nothing reminds them. The Perseids peak every August, the Geminids every December, and a third of the planet sleeps through them because they are buried at the bottom of news cycles. Eclipses are worse: even the once-in-a-generation total eclipse over Spain on 12 August 2026 will pass through cities where most residents do not know it is coming, do not own ISO-12312-2 glasses, and will not look up. skyalert.io is the simplest possible fix — a countdown, a one-tap reminder, and a city-level cloud-cover forecast — for the events worth pausing your day to see.

What you get here

  • Live countdowns to the next eclipse, the next meteor shower, and the next full moon — to the second.
  • Free reminders by email or SMS, sent the day before and (for the eclipse) the morning of. No spam, one click to unsubscribe.
  • City-level visibility forecasts built from Open-Meteo cloud data, so "Will I see it from Valencia?" gets an answer instead of a shrug.
  • Honest safety guidance with no theatrics — what protects your retina, what does not, and exactly when during totality it is safe to lower the glasses.

Where the data comes from

Astronomical times come from NASA's eclipse predictions and the U.S. Naval Observatory. Meteor shower peaks and ZHR estimates come from the International Meteor Organization. Cloud-cover forecasts come from Open-Meteo, refreshed roughly every six hours. Where two sources disagree (this happens with some meteor showers' peak times — it is genuine scientific uncertainty, not a bug), we use the IMO value and note the discrepancy.

Who runs it

skyalert.io is built and operated by EPAK Vibes, a small independent publisher in Oslo, Norway. It is part of a portfolio of focused sky and travel sites — the same team also runs playascerca.com (Spanish beach and sea-temperature data) and golfnear.io. We are not VC-backed, we do not have an editorial board, and we do not write generic SEO filler. If something on the site is wrong, email us and a real human reads it.

How we pay the bills

The site is free. We cover hosting and data costs through two non-intrusive revenue streams: display advertising (Google AdSense), and affiliate links to eclipse glasses and lodging near totality cities. Affiliate links are marked, never override editorial choices, and always go to vetted vendors. Full disclosure is on our terms page, section 7. If you want to support the site without buying anything, the kindest thing you can do is share an event page with a friend.

The 2026 eclipse, in particular

On 12 August 2026, the Moon's umbral shadow will cross northern and central Spain, briefly turning day into night for around two minutes from a band that includes A Coruña, Bilbao, Zaragoza, and Palma de Mallorca. It is the first total eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999 and the only one until 2027. We have spent the last six months building city-by-city pages for it. If you read one thing on the site, read the safety guide — it is the difference between a story you tell for the rest of your life and an injury you regret.

Contact

hola@skyalert.io · Oslo, Norway. We answer.