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Nightbase — Astronomy Observation Logger & Interactive Star Map Nightbase — Free astronomy observation logger, interactive star map and deep-sky object catalog

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Tonight's sky — weather, twilight and visible objects

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Explore the night sky — interactive star map and deep-sky catalog

Explore the night sky in real-time. Navigate constellations, find deep-sky objects, and plan your observations.

Why Nightbase

Plan tonight

See what's well-placed from your site, plan around weather and the moon, and pick targets that suit your scope.

Log what you see

Quick or detailed observation entry, sketches, audio notes, photos — all yours, exportable, never sold.

Earn observer ranks

Pass exams, log enough sessions, and unlock Bronze, Silver, and Gold Observer certificates.

Discover — tonight's targets, weekly digest and weather forecast

Earth and Moon

Solar System — Sun, Moon, planets, comets, eclipses and meteor showers

Reference — constellations, astronomy exams and interactive simulators

What's new

2026-10-13
The star map's Milky Way is now photographic.
The band used to be drawn from five stepped brightness contours. It is now a smooth brightness map made from E…
2026-10-09
Ask the Sky: chat about your own night sky.
A new page at `/Ask` lets you ask an AI questions about what to observe — tonight's conditions, what your tele…
2026-09-18
Reentry is flown on an Entry Monitor trace, not a corridor needle.
The flight-path-angle gauge told you the angle you entered at, which stops being actionable the moment the cap…

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