Astronomy Tools
Explore and plan
Interactive Sky Chart
Browse real astronomical survey imagery, or switch to an observer-aware view that marks objects visible from your South African location at a chosen time.
Sky Atlas
Survey view
Pan and zoom freely, or search for any named object.
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Select a target
Click a catalogue marker or search for an object to inspect it here.
Target
In Tonight From My Location, observer coordinates determine which catalogue objects are above the selected altitude at the chosen SAST time. Aladin remains an equatorial survey atlas rather than a ground-horizon planetarium.