Websites
- Galaxy Zoo
Classify galaxies basedon shape to help astronomers understand how they formed.
- Solar System Scope
Vizualise the solar system and its neighbourhood in three dimensions.
- Google Moon
Explore the surface of the moon, the landing sites of the Apollo missions and the elevations of craters and mares.
- Washed-Out Astronomy
Live in a city? This site helps you find targets to observe from light-polluted areas.
- Gleamoscope
Check out our Milky Way as if you could see x-rays and other types of light!.
- Spot the ISS
Find out when you can see the ISS fly overhead.
- Light Pollution Map
This map shows you where most light pollution comes from. It may help you find your next stargazing location.
- Sky-Map.org
Amazing photos of all kinds of deep space objects, with explanations of what they are.
Apps
- NASA's Eyes
Find out where all the planets were for years into the past and future, take a closer look at how Earth is warming up over the years, or learn about individual exoplanets.
- Open Space Project
Explore the universe with this open-source (free) software that uses data from space missions, satellites, telescopes and more to bring you cool visualizations.
- Stellarium
Explore the night sky for free. Amateur astronomers use this to plan their stargazing and astrophotography evenings!
- Loss of the Night
This app lets you become a citizen scientist to measure light pollution in your area. There is also a website called My Sky at Night for visualizing your data.
- Orbit
Play with gravity and see if you can get planets to orbit black holes. Super fun and free! This app is only available for Android devices.
- Sky Safari 6
The free version lets you explore the night sky on your phone. If you pay, it'll also control your telescope for you!
- Star Chart and SkyMap
Both of these apps act as planetariums for your phone. If your phone has a built-in compass, both apps will calibrate to the Earth's magnetic field. Then you can point your phone at the sky and the app will tell you what you're looking at!
- 321 Launch
Virtual reality LIVE rocket launches on your phone!
- Moon Phase Apps
These are great for keeping track of the best times to observe the moon (or observe deep sky objects, when it's better to have no moon). Here is an app for Android and one for iPhone.
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