Live Sky
Observe
Work the sky in real time
Keep the live sky, the selected object, and the altitude trend together so you can move from planning into actual observing without hunting through the page.
Plan
Build this observing session
Use the night summary, shortlist, route, and watchouts to decide whether tonight is worth setting up for and what to observe first.
Selected Night
Stargazing suggestion
Moon & Twilight
Light, darkness, and timing
Route
Suggested observing flow
Shortlist
Highest-value targets
Seasonal Pack
Targets that suit this season
Alerts
What could spoil the session
Tools
Plan, identify, and prepare beyond the sky map
Use night-photo guidance, light-pollution planning, moon study, and event tracking to turn a good forecast into a better field session.
Star Sky Identification
Analyze a night-sky photo
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Add a night-sky image and the guide will suggest likely stars, constellations, and deep-sky objects from the selected place and time.
This guide uses the selected place and sky simulation to suggest likely matches for your photo.
Light Pollution & Map Planning
Choose when to leave and what kind of site you need
3D Moon
Phase, landmarks, and rotation study
Meteor Showers & Auroras
Watch the next sky events
Photography Tools
Composition and exposure guidance for tonight
Record
Keep notes and save useful sessions
Capture a live observer note, keep a small history, and save the current plan so a good setup is easy to revisit later.
Notes
Observer log
No note saved yet for this session.
Saved Plans
Reusable night snapshots
Save the current location, date, object, dark window, and moon conditions as a quick reference.