Games
Games for Astronomers
Star-Hop Drill — North
Slew from a bright start star to the target through finder and eyepiece.
Star-Hop Drill — South
Slew from a bright start star to the target through finder and eyepiece.
Star Names — North
Identify the named star from its Bayer designation. Beat the clock — wrong answers cost 5 seconds.
Star Names — South
Identify the named star from its Bayer designation. Beat the clock — wrong answers cost 5 seconds.
Alien Hunt
An alien craft hides among the planets of the planetarium. Spot it and tap before time runs out — 120 seconds on the clock.
Crater Tap
Tap named lunar features under live terminator lighting. Practice across the whole nearside, or race a 3-minute compete leaderboard.
Apollo
Pilot an Apollo lunar module to a soft touchdown on the real Moon — pick a historic Apollo site or a famous crater.
Space Shuttle
Roll out to Pad 39A, ride the boosters to orbit, then survive reentry and land the world's fastest glider at Kennedy Space Center.
Mars Lander
Fly the Martian entry, descent and landing — drag, parachute, then retro-burn — to a soft touchdown on real Mars. Land at a historic rover site or a geological wonder.
History Race
Order four historical events chronologically. Practice untimed across millennia, or race the clock on a 120-second medium-difficulty leaderboard.
Collimation Race
Race the clock to align a miscollimated Newtonian. Drag screw heads to turn them, watch the laser beam respond, beat the leaderboard on Hard.