SkyLumi: Night Sky Star Map
Stargazing guide & planetarium
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
What is that bright light beside the Moon? Point your iPhone at it and find out.
SkyLumi is a photographic star map and stargazing guide. Identify stars, planets and constellations above you, then zoom into galaxies and nebulae through astronomical survey imagery. No astronomy experience or telescope needed.
POINT UP AND EXPLORE
Tap Aim to follow the sky as you move your iPhone. Use AR to overlay the map on your camera view, or explore by dragging and zooming. Search for an object by name and jump to its position.
Discover all 88 constellations, the Moon with its current phase, planets, star clusters, galaxies and nebulae. Track the calculated positions of the International Space Station and Starlink satellites using orbital data. Visibility outside depends on darkness, weather and your horizon.
PLAN A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS
Open the Star Guide for a short list of objects worth looking for after dark tonight from your location, with plain-language stories about what you will see.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE
Follow the Milky Way, explore the Andromeda Galaxy, or look inside the Orion Nebula. SkyLumi brings together survey imagery including the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2) and Pan-STARRS, with credits to the observatories and teams behind it.
The photographic view reveals details and colors beyond what your eyes can see unaided. Some deep-sky photographs are blended into the survey using AI-assisted image processing; source photographs and processing are credited in the app.
Prefer a different view? Switch to the clean catalog map or the painterly Sky Field mode.
TAKE IT OUTSIDE
• Night Vision: a deep-red display to help preserve your dark adaptation.
• Horizon view: orient the map to your location.
• City stargazing: start with the Moon, bright planets and familiar stars.
• Offline core: bundled stars, constellations, planets and catalog views remain available without a connection. Detailed survey imagery and fresh satellite data need internet access.
Camera access is used for AR. Location helps align the map to where you are. You can browse the sky without using the camera.
EVERYTHING INCLUDED
No ads, account, subscription or premium tier. Every feature described here is included.
Use SkyLumi for a quick look from the porch, a night at a campsite, or a closer look at a distant galaxy from home.
Meteor showers are here. Twelve showers for 2026, each with its peak night, where to look, and a preview of the streaks on your own sky.
Tap Sgr A* at the centre of the Milky Way to open a full-screen simulation of its black hole.
Star sparkle is subtle again. The close button on the black hole view now clears the Dynamic Island, and links from skylumi.app open in the app.
The developer, Kiruna Labs, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Kiruna Labs, Inc.
- Size
- 201.3 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Kiruna Labs, Inc.