A planisphere, also called a Star Chart or, sometimes, a Star Wheel is a flat multi-part chart that displays the stars visible from a particular latitude for any time and date. Our unique planisphere, The Night Sky™, pioneered the use of a two sided map projection to produce a low-distortion, simple to use guide to the night sky. FOLLOW THE NIGHT SKY NETWORK. Facebook twitter. Weather Forecast. ClearSky Chart. Click your location on the map to check on viewing condition predictions in your area. Navigate the night sky. Download a sky map for the current month. Spot the Station. Choose your state, then city to see when the International Space Station can be.

Our star chart is designed to get you out learning the night sky within a matter of moments. Just set it for your time and location, make a few tweaks if you like for personal taste, and print it out. For stargazing, pick a location that's as free as possible from bright local lights, and give yourself at least half an hour outdoors so that your vision becomes fully dark-adapted. (This can take 15 to 20 minutes for adults, somewhat less for children.) Red light allows you to consult your printed, personalized star chart without damaging your night vision: Click here for tips on how to quickly and temporarily adapt an ordinary household flashlight for this purpose.

It's also easy to customize the star chart for use with binoculars or a small telescope. Please consult the directions at the bottom of the chart for more.

Using Your Sky Tonight Star Chart:

First, check your location. The chart should do this automatically, but if you'd like a chart for a different location you may enter it. Zip codes will do.

Then pick a direction. Most first-time stargazers begin by looking south, as that's where northern-hemisphere observers see the ecliptic, where the planets prowl. Outer wilds music. You can also alter direction by using the Move Field of View buttons.

Field of view: Our chart defaults to a naked-eye field, so if you're learning constellations or spotting planets, leave the chart on that setting. The wide-angle view shows even more sky, but the constellations look smaller. The binocular and telescopic fields are useful when you want to take a closer look at specific objects. For candidates, see this list of prominent objects. You can also zoom to a custom field of view by using the +/- buttons to the right of the chart.

Display options: For most purposes starting out, you may wish to leave these as they are. But you can customize the chart as you like—especially if you keep coming back, as we hope you will.

• Equatorial Grid shows lines or right ascension and declination—the longitudes and latitudes of the sky. They're helpful if you're looking, say, for a newly-discovered comet and have its celestial coordinates.
• Constellation Lines, displayed by default, are the stick figures that approximate how the ancients came to associate the positions of stars with the figures of animals, objects, and mythological heroes and villains.
• Constellation Boundaries tell you precisely in which constellation a particular object resides; for most purposes you may not need them.
• Object labels are useful for identifying bright stars and locating Messier objects—the star clusters and nebulae beloved by those with telescopes. A few starter objects are accessible at the bottom of the chart.

When you've got the chart you want, just click for a print version, print it out, and head outside to see nature on its largest scale!

Star Walk 2 Free - Identify Stars in the Night Sky is a great astronomy guide to explore the night sky day and night, identify stars, constellations, planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, ISS, Hubble Space Telescope and other celestial bodies in real time in the sky above you. By purchasing this item, you are transacting with Google Payments and agreeing to the Google Payments.

AFinitDataCallback(key: 'ds:17', isError: false, hash: '23', data:functionreturn 'gp:AOqpTOELA9PHo9K9Bd2BqcEw8TCkJgWtpFIjpTnDnXNE-jJSMAOZJkUqZRVf5Lni1lkbX22vkfgNHcTg5yZBeg','Marvin Baker',null,2,null,null,null,'great app and very interesting but I'm not into astronomy and often get lost and can't find what I am looking for. It's not helped by the compass on my Samsung A5 which is useless and often shows me walking backwards on Google maps. May be an option for idiots like me which gives more guidance might help. I really wish I could use it properly.' ,33000000,0,null,null,'1','Marvin Baker',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Williams',null,2,null,null,null,'app for identifying stars and constellations! Was questioning what a very bright star in the night sky was one evening, looked for star apps and picked this one based on the reviews. It turned out to be Venus that I was seeing, which is what I had assumed, but the app left no doubt.

Compass calibration was a bit off, but that could easily be my phone or issues with my manual calibration. Great for showing the kids the different constellations, without the nightmare of trying to point!!' ,467000000,2,null,null,'8','Lancelot Williams',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Nuca',null,2,null,null,null,'of horizon a clear line would have been ok! Finally a pretty good app - you can either use AR either not, also you can choose between automatic sensor-based orientation or manual drag if you want to just look at the virtual sky and not at the real one through AR.

Very useful is the time-wheel (you tap on the clock and a scroll wheel at the right of the screen appears) that you can set the time to pass slower or faster in future or in the past. Other graphics (water etc) can be disabled.' ,314000000,3,null,null,'0','Viorel Nuca',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Novek',null,2,null,null,null,'meets science. Great app for learning stuff about the cosmos.

The ideas and tips for star gazing are great. Support them and spend the $2 on the upgrade, that's half a cup of coffee at your local starcoffee bucks place. Have fun, get off the couch, go out into the night with a blanket, your favorite person, this app, and get off again under the stars, thank me later.' ,17000000,0,null,null,'7','Alex Novek',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Brock',null,2,null,null,null,'it. It has alot of the details and lets me know win the gate and windows open. Great app all around. I use it everyday.

I have recomended it to all of my friends. I wish it would let you set an alarm for specific times.

If it could notify us when exactly when a certain constellation lines up at a specific degree of altitude and azimuth that would also be awesome.' ,771000000,197,null,null,'8','Timothy Brock',null,null,2,null,null,null,'K.S',null,2,null,null,null,'great app for sky watchers and astronomy lovers. The application gives you the precise and detailed location of Constellations, Stars, Planets, Satellite, which provides with a 3D image helps you to understand the sky better.

Definitely a good app for learning and teaching others about our universe. But i faced a problem while i try to purchase the full version. I purchased the full pack twice and still the status is showing as waiting I think some bug issues are facing in this version.' ,6,null,null,'8','Vishnu K.S',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Price',null,2,null,null,null,'me a while to figure out I had to press and hold the little clock icon to change the date. The method of changing the date of the view displayed is very touchy and can be difficult to select the date and time you want. Took me multiple tries to get it set to the date I wanted to see. Other than this it is an excellent app.'

,824000000,6,null,null,'0','NJ Price',null,null,2,null,null,null,'lachinette',null,2,null,null,null,'wonderfully built app. The graphics when zooming in on certain planets are great. The thought that was put into the sound effects was a nice touch.

It's also, a great learning tool for teaching my son about the constellations, stars, planets and various meteors/asteroids. Although, I think he's more happy to be awake late at night to watch the night skies.' ,323000000,83,null,null,'0','odysseus lachinette',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Carbetta',null,2,null,null,null,'has a beautiful approach to what I call portable astronomy. The visual presentation is both beautiful and peaceful, even the 'feel' has a way of gliding you to the view of an object, it's very unique.

It is best on a tablet, visually. There are plenty of tools, some more obvious then others, but all work well! It's a great way to fly the among the stars!' ,846000000,82,null,null,'6','Remo Carbetta',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Nur u00d6cel',null,2,null,null,null,'is exactly what I wanted. Don't look for another stargazing app. This is the best one. You can point your phone anywhere and see the star map.

You can see the planets' rise and set times. I love the notifications telling me what is up in the upcoming nightsky. I love the detailed info about the constellations and the planets. The design is perfect. Everything is perfect. Thanks for developing such an amazing app.'

,422000000,212,null,null,'0','Bu00fcu015fra Nur u00d6cel',null,null,2,null,null,null,'T',null,2,null,null,null,'love your app so much, BUT please fix the notifications bug. I keep getting the same notification multiple times,whatever notification comes. It's annoying, and it messes up my notification panel. This has been going for some time. Please reply if you see this, so I'll know you saw this, and please tell me it's not just me and if you're working to fix it.

Besides that I love it. Ud83dude14',793000000,80,null,null,'7','Taulant T',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Baxter',null,2,null,null,null,'would give this a 5 star review if I could get the STUPID characters out of the middle of what I'm trying to look at. I paid for the extra but why would I want some STUPID drawing covering what I am trying to look at and compare to the sky? I don't look to the sky and see a stupid bull when I look at Tautus and I don't want to see one here. Dont get me wrong the app is very nicely done just give us an update and get rid of the STUPID artsy garbage PLEASE!! Or give me my $2.99 back.'

,323000000,0,null,null,'3','Daniel Baxter',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Borchardt',null,2,null,null,null,'app for the night sky, helps me keep my internal, mental; with a ' 1956 model brain ' compass in perfect shape and function. I navigate with the north star on this side of the equator and of course the southern cross below it, and I learned that in the boy scouts in 1965 to get my first badge of tenderfoot. Ask a kid to do that now and I'm gonna bet that they don't have a clue exactly how to do it or what that means to guide by the stars. ,176000000,72,null,null,'4','Mark Borchardt',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Dorsett',null,2,null,null,null,'did love this app. It has helped me teach my son a good but about astronomy and the work is grand father and great grandfather did for NASA. I have say, its not working well on my new phone. The camera option isn't in the screen so I can't get it to tell me what I am looking at and it just will not auto orient like it does on my old phone.

That is unfortunate. Not sure what exactly sure what is going with this new android.' ,701000000,36,'Vito Technology','To assist with this issue, it would be helpful to have a little bit more information. Can you send any screenshots related to the issue along with your device details at support@vitotechnology.com?