Stargazing: Stars & Planets

Stargazing: Stars & Planets is your ultimate guide to the night sky. Simply point your phone toward the heavens and instantly identify stars, planets, constellations, and satellites around you. Whether you are an astronomy enthusiast or just curious about the stars above, this app makes stargazing fun, easy, and educational.

✨ Explore the Universe in Real Time
Our interactive sky map uses advanced overlay constellations and celestial objects on your screen. Watch as the night sky comes alive with detailed information about stars, planets, and satellites. Follow the movement of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, billion stars or discover deep-sky objects like galaxies and nebulae.

🤖 Meet Astra — Your AI Astronomy Guide
Ask anything about the universe and get instant, easy-to-understand answers. Why is Mars red? What is a black hole? When will the next eclipse happen? Astra explains stars, planets, galaxies, missions, and cosmic phenomena in plain language — perfect for curious minds, students, and lifelong learners alike. Tap any object in the sky map and let Astra tell you its story.

📅 Live Universe Calendar
Never miss a cosmic moment again. Browse a continuously updated calendar of meteor showers, eclipses, planetary conjunctions, supermoons, ISS passes, comet appearances, and rocket launches — all tailored to your location and time zone. See exactly when, where, and how to watch each event.

🔔 Real-Time Event Notifications
Get alerted before the sky puts on a show. Receive timely reminders for upcoming meteor showers, eclipses, bright satellite passes, and rare planetary alignments, so you are always outside and looking up at the right moment.

🌙 Key Features
• Explore a precise, real-time sky map of stars, planets, and the Moon for any chosen date, time, and geographic position.
• Browse a curated catalog of bright stars, nebulae, galaxies, clusters, and other notable deep-sky objects.
• Smoothly enlarge detailed imagery of the Milky Way and selected deep-sky targets.
• Switch between multiple constellation line styles and artwork from a variety of cultural sky traditions.
• Follow artificial satellites in orbit, including major stations and bright passes.
• View natural-looking horizons with atmospheric tint, daylight progression, twilight, and refraction effects.
• Inspect 3D models of principal solar system bodies and their major moons.
• Protect dark adaptation using an optional red-tinted night display mode.
• Access an extended universe: extremely deep star catalogs, millions of galaxies, nebulae, and clusters, plus comets, minor planets and large asteroid sets.
• Perform near‑limitless zoom into high‑resolution surface and deep‑sky imagery.
• Operate fully offline with a compact onboard dataset (millions of stars and deep‑sky objects plus key solar system bodies).
• Plan observing sessions with tools to evaluate visibility windows, altitude curves, and transit times.
• Control compatible telescopes directly from the app (Meade LX200, Celestron NexStar, and RTS2), with tap-to-slew GoTo pointing.

🚀 Why Choose Stargazing: Stars & Planets?
Unlike other astronomy apps, this stargazing tool is designed for both beginners and experts. Whether you are watching a meteor shower, locating the International Space Station, or just enjoying a quiet night under the stars, this app gives you the knowledge and tools to connect with the universe.

📲 Turn every night into a stargazing adventure. Download Stargazing: Stars & Planets today and experience the magic of the cosmos right in your pocket.

⚠️ Disclaimer:
Stargazing: Stars & Planets (“the App”) is provided for educational and entertainment purposes only. Do not use it for navigation, safety‑critical decisions, scientific measurement, or time-sensitive observations requiring certified accuracy.

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Recent changes:
• Sky Tours: 12 guided tours through planets, stars and galaxies, with narration at every stop
• Tonight: a stargazing score, 7-night outlook and the best objects to see
• Home-screen widget for tonight's conditions
• Solar eclipse guide with times for your location
• Aurora outlook and visible ISS passes
• Clear-sky and ISS alerts
• Observation log for your sightings
• Astra AI now knows tonight's conditions
• Fixes and improvements