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Tonight's Sky as seen from your location (if your device has geolocation enabled and active)

Mid-North Atlantic Seaboard

Stereo Projection


The sky now as seen from downtown Manhattan (New York)
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Mollweide Projection

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Stereo Projection


The sky now as seen from Las Cumbres Global Observatory (just west of Santa Barbara, California)
Keyboard controls are available in the upper right corner, identified by the ‘?’

Mollweide Projection

Stereographic projection is a perspective projection of the sphere, through a specific point on the sphere
Mollweide projection is an equal-area, pseudocylindrical map projection generally used for maps or the celestial sphere.

VirtualSky maps powered by Las Cumbres Global Observatory and Astronomy Network

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A quick, interactive web-based version of Stellarium is available here Tonight's Sky. When you launch the application, it defaults to north-facing and your location (on mobile and desktop).



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