Know what to see. When to look. From your sky.
Turn a clear night into a plan with Live Sky. Combine your observing location, the sky visible from your window or backyard, your telescope and available weather in personalized observing advice. Discover upcoming sky events, explore the hours ahead and set reminders for the moments you want to catch.
YOUR SKY, YOUR SETUP
Save viewpoints for your balcony, south-facing window or favorite observing spot. Capture the open sky around trees and rooftops, then rotate the interactive 3D sky globe to explore the areas you marked. See which objects fit your view.
PRACTICAL, PERSONALIZED SUMMARIES
Get help choosing what to observe now or at a later reference time. Summaries bring together your location, saved viewpoints, favorite targets, telescope, darkness, Moon context and matching weather when available. Open an object such as Saturn for advice tailored to your setup.
YOUR TELESCOPE AND ACCESSORIES
Search a catalog of 250 telescope models across 13 brands, including Celestron, Sky-Watcher, Explore Scientific, Astro-Tech, William Optics, Takahashi, Tele Vue, iOptron, Seestar, Vaonis and Unistellar. Add eyepieces and other accessories, or enter a custom setup. Equipment profiles help personalize observing advice; Live Sky does not connect to or control your telescope.
SKY EVENTS FOR YOUR LOCATION
Explore eclipses, meteor showers, conjunctions and Moon phases. Check local visibility and event times, use the Visible Here filter, and choose a reminder so you have time to get ready.
PLAN AHEAD WITH TIME MACHINE
Move through the next 12 hours to explore the sky at a time that suits you. Use Tonight to choose an observing reference time and set a reminder two hours before it. Weather guidance depends on a matching forecast being available.
CREATE YOUR OWN OBSERVATION ALERTS
Choose an object and a saved viewpoint, or set position rules such as altitude and compass direction. Position alerts track the rules you set; they do not automatically wait for clear weather or reduced Moon glare.
MORE WAYS TO EXPLORE
• Planets, bright stars, galaxies, nebulae and star clusters
• Object imagery, useful coordinates, and rise, transit and set times
• Guided Find in the Sky with a haptic tap when you find your target
• Adjustable Night Vision colors for observing after dark
• An Apple Watch companion
• Core astronomical calculations and bundled catalogs available offline
START WITH LIVE SKY. GO FURTHER WITH PLUS.
One saved location, one viewpoint, three favorites and three observation alerts are included. Free users can generate one personalized Today summary every 12 hours. Body-detail AI summaries require Plus. Calculated Today observing cards and sky facts remain available without a summary limit.
The optional annual Live Sky Plus subscription includes unlimited saved locations, viewpoints, favorites and observation alerts, with no ads. Plus allows one personalized Today summary every 12 hours and one body-detail summary per body every 12 hours. The U.S. price is $4.99 per year; your App Store shows your local price. Existing Remove Ads purchases continue to hide ads without unlocking other Plus features.
Weather and online summaries require an internet connection. Summaries are optional and use the observing information you choose to share. No Live Sky account is required.
Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings.
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So often I’ll look up to the sky and think “what is that bright object”. With this app you don't have to wonder. Just hold the app up to the sky facing the object and it will tell you everything.I especially love how it pointed put 5 visible planets tonight (including Earth).
Fantastic app!
EXTRA-ECCLESIAM-NULLA-SALUS
This is one of those handy go to apps that you use 1 million times and you don’t know what you did without it! App is so reasonably priced, you don’t mind paying the mere pittance of the in-app purchase to remove the ads. Fantastic app!
Seems to get confused
Woobub
I can see Saturn in the SSW right now and this app is saying it rises in 40 minutes. It's displaying my location correctly, so there's clearly something wrong. This morning the app said Venus was 10 degrees below the horizon when I was looking at it about 30 degrees above the horizon.Disappointing as I wanted to use the alt-az coordinates for Messier objects when I don't drag out my equatorial mount for observing.Perhaps it's pilot error and I have something set incorrectly. We'll see.
Love this app, best star chart ever
Pgeorge1944
I use this app almost every week. It show me where all the sky objects I want to observe with no effort at all.Perfect companion for observing the sky with my telescope. I also use it to explain the night sky to my grand children.I love it's ease of use and accuracy
Fixes a crash when opening the Sky tab as the Time Machine tip appears.
Version 3.4.1
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Information
Seller
Dapperfinch Inc.
Size
107.2 MB
Category
Reference
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
