// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ // calendar/2027.js - Cosmic & almanac events for 2027. // See ./2026.js for the shape of each array. // ------------------------------------------------------------------------ export const cosmic = [ // -- METEOR SHOWERS -------------------------------------------------- { id: 'quadrantids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Quadrantid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Quadrantid meteor shower is active — up to 120 meteors/hour at peak. Best in the hours before dawn on 4 Jan from a dark site.', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-01-01', end: '2027-01-05', peak: '2027-01-04', }, { id: 'lyrids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Lyrid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Lyrid meteor shower peaks — up to 20 meteors/hour after midnight. Note: bright waning gibbous moon may reduce visibility this year.', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-04-16', end: '2027-04-25', peak: '2027-04-23', }, { id: 'eta-aquariids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Eta Aquariids peak — fragments of Halley\'s Comet, up to 50/hour before dawn. New moon on 6 May means excellent dark skies this year.', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-04-19', end: '2027-05-28', peak: '2027-05-05', }, { id: 'perseids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Perseid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Perseids are active — one of the best showers of the year, up to 100 meteors/hour at peak around 13 Aug.', color: '#3a1a00', textColor: '#ffe8c0', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-07-17', end: '2027-08-24', peak: '2027-08-13', }, { id: 'orionids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Orionid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Orionid shower peaks — fast, bright meteors from Halley\'s Comet debris. Up to 25/hour.', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-10-02', end: '2027-11-07', peak: '2027-10-21', }, { id: 'leonids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Leonid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Leonid shower peaks — fast meteors from comet Tempel-Tuttle, up to 15/hour.', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-11-06', end: '2027-11-30', peak: '2027-11-17', }, { id: 'geminids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Geminid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Geminids peak — the finest shower of the year, up to 150 meteors/hour, visible even before midnight.', color: '#3a1a00', textColor: '#ffe8c0', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-12-04', end: '2027-12-20', peak: '2027-12-14', }, { id: 'ursids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Ursid Meteor Shower', message: 'The Ursid shower peaks near the winter solstice — circumpolar, best from northern latitudes.', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-12-17', end: '2027-12-26', peak: '2027-12-22', }, // -- ECLIPSES -------------------------------------------------------- { id: 'annular-solar-eclipse-2027-feb', emoji: '🌑', title: 'Annular Solar Eclipse', message: 'An annular solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" effect — visible across parts of South America, Africa and the Indian Ocean.', color: '#1a0a2a', textColor: '#d8c8f8', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: false, start: '2027-02-06', end: '2027-02-06', peak: '2027-02-06', }, { id: 'total-solar-eclipse-2027-aug', emoji: '🌑', title: 'Total Solar Eclipse', message: 'A spectacular total solar eclipse — the path of totality crosses Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. One of the longest totalities of the century.', color: '#1a0a2a', textColor: '#d8c8f8', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: false, start: '2027-08-02', end: '2027-08-02', peak: '2027-08-02', }, // -- PLANETARY EVENTS ------------------------------------------------ { id: 'mars-opposition-2027', emoji: '🔴', title: 'Mars at Opposition', message: 'Mars is at its closest and brightest — a vivid red beacon visible all night long. Good binoculars will reveal its surface colour.', color: '#2a1520', textColor: '#ffc8d8', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-02-19', end: '2027-02-19', peak: '2027-02-19', }, { id: 'venus-jupiter-conjunction-2027', emoji: '🪐', title: 'Venus & Jupiter Conjunction', message: 'Venus and Jupiter appear strikingly close together in the evening sky — a dazzling naked-eye pairing of the two brightest planets.', color: '#1a2a3a', textColor: '#c8e8ff', type: 'cosmic', nightOnly: true, start: '2027-08-23', end: '2027-08-27', peak: '2027-08-25', }, ]; export const almanac = [ { id: 'quadrantids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Quadrantid Meteor Shower', desc: 'Up to 120 meteors/hour at peak — one of the strongest showers but with a very sharp peak. Best in the hours before dawn on 4 Jan.', start: '2027-01-01', peak: '2027-01-04', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', latHint: 'north', type: 'meteor', }, { id: 'annular-solar-eclipse-2027-feb', emoji: '🌑', title: 'Annular Solar Eclipse', desc: 'A "ring of fire" eclipse visible from parts of South America, Africa and the Indian Ocean. Partial eclipse across much of the southern hemisphere.', start: '2027-02-06', peak: '2027-02-06', color: '#1a0a2a', textColor: '#d8c8f8', latHint: 'path:South America, southern Africa, Indian Ocean', type: 'eclipse', }, { id: 'mars-opposition-2027', emoji: '🔴', title: 'Mars at Opposition', desc: 'Mars is at its closest and brightest — a vivid red beacon visible all night long. Good binoculars reveal its distinct colour.', start: '2027-02-19', peak: '2027-02-19', color: '#2a1520', textColor: '#ffc8d8', latHint: null, type: 'planetary', }, { id: 'lyrids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Lyrid Meteor Shower', desc: 'Up to 20 meteors/hour at peak. Note: bright waning gibbous moon may reduce visibility this year. Active Apr 16–25.', start: '2027-04-16', peak: '2027-04-23', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', latHint: 'north', type: 'meteor', }, { id: 'eta-aquariids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower', desc: 'Debris from Halley\'s Comet — up to 50/hour before dawn. New moon on 6 May means excellent dark skies this year.', start: '2027-04-19', peak: '2027-05-05', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', latHint: 'south', type: 'meteor', }, { id: 'perseids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Perseid Meteor Shower', desc: 'One of the best showers of the year — up to 100/hour at peak, no telescope needed. Active Jul 17 – Aug 24.', start: '2027-07-17', peak: '2027-08-13', color: '#3a1a00', textColor: '#ffe8c0', latHint: 'north', type: 'meteor', }, { id: 'total-solar-eclipse-2027-aug', emoji: '🌑', title: 'Total Solar Eclipse', desc: 'One of the longest total solar eclipses of the century. Path of totality crosses Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.', start: '2027-08-02', peak: '2027-08-02', color: '#1a0a2a', textColor: '#d8c8f8', latHint: 'path:Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia', type: 'eclipse', }, { id: 'venus-jupiter-conjunction-2027', emoji: '🪐', title: 'Venus & Jupiter Conjunction', desc: 'Venus and Jupiter appear strikingly close together in the evening sky — a dazzling naked-eye pairing of the two brightest planets.', start: '2027-08-23', peak: '2027-08-25', color: '#1a2a3a', textColor: '#c8e8ff', latHint: null, type: 'planetary', }, { id: 'orionids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Orionid Meteor Shower', desc: 'Fast, bright meteors from Halley\'s Comet debris — up to 25/hour. Active Oct 2 – Nov 7.', start: '2027-10-02', peak: '2027-10-21', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', latHint: null, type: 'meteor', }, { id: 'leonids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Leonid Meteor Shower', desc: 'Fast meteors from comet Tempel-Tuttle. Up to 15/hour at peak. Active Nov 6–30.', start: '2027-11-06', peak: '2027-11-17', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', latHint: null, type: 'meteor', }, { id: 'geminids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Geminid Meteor Shower', desc: 'The finest shower of the year — up to 150 meteors/hour, visible even before midnight. Active Dec 4–20.', start: '2027-12-04', peak: '2027-12-14', color: '#3a1a00', textColor: '#ffe8c0', latHint: 'north', type: 'meteor', }, { id: 'ursids-2027', emoji: '☄️', title: 'Ursid Meteor Shower', desc: 'A quieter shower near the winter solstice — circumpolar, best from northern latitudes. Active Dec 17–26.', start: '2027-12-17', peak: '2027-12-22', color: '#2a1a5a', textColor: '#e8d8ff', latHint: 'north', type: 'meteor', }, ];