Photo: ESO/S. Brunier ↗
Galactic Nightflight
中文Explore the sky

A journey through the Milky Way

GalacticNightflight

One galaxy.Countless skies.

On a world elsewhere in the Milky Way, what would the night sky look like?

Start exploring Take a look around

Start near the Sun. Find a sky of your own.

Scroll to explore

Features

Your place. Your time. Your sky.

Milky Way panorama
Photo · Milky Way panoramaESO/S. Brunier ↗

Somewhere else. A different sky.

Head inward, out to the rim, or above the galactic disc. Familiar constellations change shape. The Milky Way fills a different part of the sky. Every view is calculated from where you stand.

Six preset positionsChoose a point on the galactic mapTrack the galactic centre

Position controls move the observer. Direction controls turn the view.

Getting started

Pick a place. Look up.

A short guide introduces the controls on your first visit. Reopen it later from the tutorial button in the bottom toolbar.

Actual observatory interface with direction buttons on the left and time and observing tools below
RECORDED IN THE OBSERVATORYThe solar-neighbourhood sky and observing tools

Drag the sky to turn and scroll to zoom. The left toolbar points toward the centre, outer galaxy or galactic poles.

Open the observatory

Open source

Make this sky your own.

The code, setup guide and data sources are on GitHub. See how it works, build on it, or take it in a new direction.

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The code uses the MIT License, with no separate author approval required. Retain copyright and permission notices when distributing. Catalogues and photographs have their own credits and terms.

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