An interactive 3D visualization of the stellar neighborhood, including over 100,000 nearby stars. Created for the Google Chrome web browser.
◆ The sky at different wavelengths ◆ Augmented reality mode ◆ Night mode ◆ "What's new" section with the latest astronomical news ◆ "Visible Tonight" section ► Star Walk 2 shows the real-time sky map on your screen in whatever direction you are pointing the device. As you hold yo...
About the Stars is your one stop source to find information about stars that are visible in the sky over planet Earth. Enter a designation or a celestial coordinate and your off to finding more about the night sky.
◆ The sky at different wavelengths ◆ Augmented reality mode ◆ Night mode ◆ "What's new" section with the latest astronomical news ◆ "Visible Tonight" section ► Star Walk 2 shows the real-time sky map on your screen in whatever direction you are pointing the device. As you hold yo...
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You can tell if a comet is visible to the naked eye by its brightness—the lower the number, the higher the brightness. For very dark skies, objects brighter than 8m(magnitude) are visible, while those higher than 6mare more likely to be seen. For comparison, the North Star is around ...
The Cassiopeia constellation hosts 157 visible stars (brighter than magnitude 6.5). It does not contain any first magnitude stars. The brightest stars in the constellation, Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae), Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae), and Gamma Cassiopeiae, shine at second magnitude. Ruchbah (Delta Cass...
Gum Nebula visible at the background of the Milky Way, with Large Magellanic Cloud in the bottom right for scale. The brightest star in this view is Canopus. Image: P. Horálek/ESO Gum 19 Gum 19 is a star-forming region in Vela, approximately 22,000 light years from Earth. The nebula...
Discover celestial objects visible tonight from your current location. Our guide automatically shows planets, stars, nebulae, and spacecraft flyovers you can see right now. Explore the night sky with up-to-date data specific to where you are!
An older approach is to use a star chart, which is basically just a map of the sky. But it's trickier to read than an ordinary map, because the portion of the sky that's visible changes from month to month. And because you're looking upwards, east is on the left and west on the...