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Understand through practice

One idea.
One experiment.

Explore your settings and understand their effects. Free tools with no registration, including their formulas and limitations.

Explore & observe

Telescope catalogue

Choose a model, compare its properties and use it in the eyepiece view.

Open the tool →
Explore & observe

Atlas of our Solar System

Explore planetary positions, animate orbits and approach the Earth–Moon neighbourhood.

Open the tool →
Explore & observe

HIP Catalogue

The planetarium’s 5,044 stars: constellation, distance, temperature and size compared with the Sun.

Open the tool →
The deep sky

The NGC catalogue

7,840 numbers, 8,373 entries, filters, fact sheets and locating objects in the planetarium.

Browse the catalogue →
Under the stars

The planetarium

Explore the sky by location and time: stars, constellations, planets and Messier markers.

Enter the sky →
Our planet

Earth · The retro atlas

Globe, world map, countries and territories, dated population figures and distances between reference points.

Explore the world →
Motion

Doppler effect

Compare lines at rest and in motion. Zoom in on a line and explore a fictional periodic signal.

Read motion in light →
Light

Stellar colours

Temperature, continuous spectrum, Wien peak and UV–visible–IR distribution: explore a blackbody’s light.

Explore the experiment →
Experiment

Orbit simulator

One star, one planet and Kepler’s laws. Explore the orbit’s shape, speeds and period.

Open the laboratory →
Discover tonight

What can I see tonight?

Targets suited to your location, time and equipment, with viewing windows and directions.

Find my targets →
Today

Observer’s dashboard

Find the lunar phase, solar times and daily guides for your location.

View my dashboard →
Plan

My evening under the stars

Location, date, target: follow its altitude and find the hours of astronomical night.

Prepare my observation →
01 / Observe

My telescope

Magnification, exit pupil and estimated field of view: find the key values for your telescope–eyepiece combination.

Open the calculator →
02 / Photograph

My camera's field of view

Calculate the field covered by your sensor and your camera’s pixel scale for your focal length.

Prepare my framing →
03 / Build

My Solar System trail

Choose a scale and give Solar System distances a tangible dimension.

Create a trail →
Log

Keep a record

Save your sessions, find your targets and take your notes with you as JSON or CSV.

Open my log →
Moon

Phases and calendar

Choose a date and time zone to find the illuminated fraction and upcoming quarters.

Calculate phases →

From tool to discovery

Numbers gain meaning when you connect them with what you see. Try several settings, then find the explanations in the collection.