Sky Tonight - Star Gazer Guide

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4.7
42.3K reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

Sky Tonight is a brand-new astronomical app for exploring the sky. It helps stargazers answer the three most common questions:

★ What is that bright dot in the sky?
★ What astronomical events can I see tonight?
★ How can I find the object I'm interested in?

Made by the developers of Star Walk apps, Sky Tonight is a customizable stargazing tool, that is designed for users with different needs and wants. You can adjust the constellation's appearance, set a reminder for any space body configuration, explore the unique relative to observer trajectory, set up a magnitude limit to filter out space objects, and much more.

Sky Tonight features:

► Point your device at the sky to see the real-time positions of space objects on the interactive sky map.
► Activate the Time Machine and determine the position of celestial bodies at different time periods.
► Use the augmented reality mode and see the sky map overlaid on the image from your device's camera.
► Get extended information about any sky object by tapping on its name.
► Stay updated on the latest news from the world of astronomy with the What's new section.
► Turn on the night mode to make your sky observation in the nighttime more comfortable.
► Filter the objects that appear on the sky map according to their visual brightness.
► Regulate the brightness of objects on the sky map.
► Spot dozens of asterisms along with the official constellations.
► Adjust the visible constellations and customize their representation on the screen.

Unique features:

Interactive trajectories relative to an observer
Instead of the classic trajectory that shows the object’s trajectory in the celestial sphere relative to the Earth’s center, the app presents the object’s trajectory in the sky relative to an observer. A long touch on the trajectories relative to the observer will move the sky object to the selected point. While holding the touch, move your finger along the trajectory to change the time.

Flexible search
Make use of the flexible search — quickly find space objects, easily navigate across different objects and events’ types. Look for "stars", "mars moons", "mars conjunctions", "solar eclipse", and the app will show you all related objects, events, and articles!
There are also Trending and Recent categories in the search section. The first one presents the currently most popular objects, events, or news; the second category contains objects you recently selected.

Fully customizable event reminders
Set event reminders on any time and date not to miss a solar eclipse, a Full Moon, or a star-planet configuration you're interested in.

Astronomy calendar with a stargazing index and weather forecast
Check out the calendar of celestial events that includes lunar phases, meteor showers, eclipses, oppositions, conjunctions, and other exciting events. Learn what astronomy events will occur this month or see what happened in the sky a year ago!
Verify the Stargazing Index calculated from a Moon phase, light pollution, cloudiness, and time when an object is visible. The higher this index is, the better the observation conditions are.

You don’t need several apps for your stargazing planning anymore; Sky Tonight contains all the info you need.

Premium Access:

* The app includes paid Premium Access. Get Premium Access to use Sky Tonight with no limits! Without the subscription, you can’t see most of the interface items in various sections such as Visible Tonight, Calendar, and Search. Therefore, you’re limited in planning and improving your observations. Premium Access will allow you to unlock all the interface items in any view and make the most of all the app’s features. Advertisements will also be removed not to interrupt your stargazing experience.
Updated on
Sep 20, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
41K reviews
Joe H
September 17, 2024
Sky Tonight App is amazing. Extremely intuitive design and sleek user interface that provides a ton of details, options, functions without cluttering, or looking like it was meant for an astrophysicist. Graphics are beautiful; every line, word, or object has an interactive component. Feeling lost or overwhelmed, search Sky Tonight App on YouTube. Six short videos walkthrough every function, icon, and feature clearly in detail. Must have for hobbyist, would be astronomers, and serious fanatics.
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Joel
July 5, 2024
The premium version is 100 percent worth it especially with the price to value. The stargazing index and list of visible objects tonight are extremely useful tools. Only real complaint is when setting the location only medium to large cities come up in the search instead of places with darker skies. It lets you punch in the coordinates but who wants to do that in this day and age. Also could use a legend for what all these icons mean. These are minor qualms, overall the app is solid.
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alan ormsby
June 17, 2024
I love the app. I use it to find satellites and the iss. It has a option that allows you to set a notification of how long of time before it will start to come over the horizon, if its going to be bright and high enough for you to see with the naked eye. People say to many addss i dont get that, and someone said cant calibrate, very simple put in calibration mode and do figure 8 the way it says to.
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What's new

We've been hard at work giving the comets’ tails a makeover. Now, they’re so accurate you’ll swear they’re swishing right over your head! And speaking of comets, keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming C/2023 A3. It’s gearing up to be a real showstopper in the sky — make sure you don’t miss it! If you like the improvements, why not leave us a review? Your feedback helps keep the stars aligned!