Night View: Explore Universe

✨ Night View: Explore Universe, your AR star map and pocket planetarium

Point your phone at the sky and Night View instantly names every star, planet, constellation and satellite you see. Day or night, indoors or out, the live sky moves with your phone, so you always know what you are looking at.

No astronomy knowledge needed. Just hold up your phone and explore.

*******************************

🔭 POINT, IDENTIFY, DISCOVER

• Augmented reality (AR) star map: the camera view shows stars and planets exactly where they are in the sky
• Tap any star, planet or galaxy to learn its name, distance, brightness and story
• Find any object: search, then follow the arrow until it is in your sights
• Works in daylight and even through the ground: see stars below the horizon

🪐 THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM

• Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, calculated live for your location
• Accurate Moon phase, with moonrise and moonset
• Rise, set and highest point for every object, every day

⭐ 25,000+ STARS & ALL 88 CONSTELLATIONS

• Constellation figures with the myths behind them, the best season to see them and their brightest stars
• Real star colours, from blue-white Rigel to red Betelgeuse
• 110 Messier galaxies, nebulae and star clusters, including the Andromeda Galaxy and the Orion Nebula
• The Milky Way glowing across a dark sky

🛰️ ISS & SATELLITE TRACKER

• Track the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, Tiangong and 160+ bright satellites in real time
• See upcoming ISS passes over your location, with times and directions
• Satellite orbits update automatically when you are online

🌙 TONIGHT'S SKY

• Which planets are visible tonight, and the best time to see them
• Sunset, twilight, dark-sky and sunrise times
• The best constellations and deep-sky highlights overhead tonight

📅 SKY CALENDAR

• Moon phase calendar for any month
• Meteor showers (Perseids, Geminids, Leonids and more), eclipses, supermoons, planet oppositions, conjunctions, equinoxes and solstices

⏳ TIME TRAVEL

• Fast-forward or rewind the sky: watch the stars turn, the planets move and the Moon change phase
• Jump to any date to see the sky on a birthday, an anniversary or the night of an eclipse

🔴 NIGHT MODE

• Red or green night vision filters keep your eyes adapted to the dark while you stargaze

📸 CAPTURE & SHARE

• Capture the sky with the star map over your camera photo and share it with friends

🎵 RELAXING AMBIENT MUSIC

• A calm space soundtrack for peaceful stargazing (can be turned off)

*******************************

📶 WORKS OFFLINE

No Wi-Fi or mobile data needed. Take Night View camping, hiking, sailing or to a dark-sky park. GPS works without a data connection, or simply choose your city.

🔒 ONE PURCHASE, EVERYTHING INCLUDED

• No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases
• No account, no sign-in
• Your location never leaves your phone

A beautiful way to learn astronomy with your children, your students or your friends, and to fall in love with the night sky.

*******************************

📱 TIPS

• If the stars look misaligned, move your phone in a figure 8 to calibrate the compass, and keep it away from magnets and metal.
• AR mode needs a phone with a compass (magnetometer) and motion sensors. Without them, drag to explore the sky by hand.

Recent changes:
Night View 1.0
• AR star map with 25,000+ stars and all 88 constellations
• Live planets, Moon phase, ISS & 160+ satellites
• Tonight's sky, sky calendar, time travel and red night mode