AstroLab
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Constellations take shape
Real iPhone capture: Western artwork, constellation lines and sky guides. Choose your layers, then hide or show them together with the shortcut.
ExploreASTROLAB
Your observatory, at your fingertips.
Observe the sky, travel through space, learn by experimenting.
Open the appONE SKY. MANY WAYS TO EXPLORE.
A whole sky to explore.
Tap, drag, speed up time. Every view opens another door.
On phone
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The solar system, at your own pace
Move through time. Follow a planet. Find a different perspective.
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One place. One date. Your sky.
Find constellations, coordinate grids and the Milky Way. Change place, date or world.
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Spacecraft journeys
Replay the Grand Tour and approach Jupiter along a NASA/JPL-based trajectory.
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Another star. Another perspective.
Travel through the stellar neighbourhood and watch constellations change shape.
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Understand what you see
Three reading levels and interactive experiments to understand phases, seasons, orbits and gravity.
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Saturn and its moons
Get closer to the rings and explore the moons’ orbits on a larger screen.
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The sky on a larger screen
The planetarium on iPad: more room to explore the sky and its guides.
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Learn by experimenting on tablet
Interactive learning on iPad, with controls and explanations.
ExploreReal screenshots, shown in full. Phone interface in English, except Voyager; iPad views in French.
OBSERVE, MEASURE, SHARE
Keep a record
of your discoveries.
Measure between celestial bodies, follow satellites and explore Lagrange points. Choose layers in settings to keep the scene readable.
Create a photo or a silent video up to 3 minutes long. Choose the resolution and include controls to show how you explore. A music selection can also accompany your journey.
YOUR OBSERVATORY, TO GO
Take AstroLab with you.
The web version is available now. Native downloads are coming soon.
YOUR QUESTION, YOUR DISCOVERY
Describe what
you want to discover.
In Discover, the Create button creates an interactive view or a film. Choose your model, describe your idea and follow progress. Your creations can be edited or deleted and are saved on this device.
Generation requires a connection and your API key; any charges depend on the provider. Playback does not generate again. Offline playback requires the necessary resources to have been synced.
Open Discover in the appWONDER, WITH A FOUNDATION
Real data.
Clear about the limits.
Documented astronomical data, local calculations and representations of the sky from several traditions. Find sources, methods and credits in the app.
Some sizes and distances are adjusted to make space readable. Illustrative models and trajectories are identified: a clearer view should not imply a level of accuracy that is not there.
Read sources and credits