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Live NASA imagery and sun/moon tracking, completely free

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   Moonshot ▲442

   Track the Artemis II mission from your Mac

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   Beautiful 3D ISS tracker with live video and near-realtime clouds▲139

   This is a little hobby project that I hope you enjoy. You can see where the International Space Station is now, with live HD video from NASA, on a realistic 3D globe. The positions of the sun and moon are also accurate, though distances aren't to scale. The clouds are also near-realtime; I span that out into a separate project at https://clouds.matteason.co.uk, where the cloud images I create from EUMETSAT data are freely available. I've got more features almost ready to go, like the ability to turn off all UI, toggleable clouds and turning off the day/night cycle I'd love for…

   2024 · iss.matteason.co.uk

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   Astro App▲291

   I really like Stellarium and SkySafari but I felt like these are primarily geared towards exploring the sky but not so much "here are the long list of things I want to see, when can I see them tonight and where". There's also not really a great option I've found that combines sky object planning + location weather details while still being free so I built this. The UI's heavily inspired by NINAs sky atlas + Robinhood. Right now you can: View the altitude chart of objects and 3D view Create lists of objects of interest View the annual max/min daily altitude of an object to find the best…

   2024 · astro.sshh.io

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   AstraPixels▲267

   ​​A pixel-art solar system at its real current positions.​

   30d ago · astrapixels.com

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   Sunlight for Apple Vision Pro/VisionOS▲95

   3D movements telling you the time to the next sunrise

   2024

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   Sol▲83

   Become more mindful of your time

   2020

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   Moon▲89

   Beautifully track the phase of the moon

   2015

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   Total Solar Eclipse▲137

   Live streams of the total solar eclipse

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    AstroAlert▲113

    Know exactly when satellites pass above you.

    Nov 2025 · astroalert.app

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    Eclipse 2017▲110

    NASA's interactive eclipse path for your location

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    MOON for Android▲139

    Beautifully track the phase of the moon

    2017

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    NASA Artemis II Mission Timeline Tracker▲93

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    Augmented Reality App to Predict the Sun and Moon Location▲49

    2016 · play.google.com

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    Planet Explorer▲150

    Interactive global satellite images

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    Made a little Artemis II tracker▲154

    Made a little Artemis II tracker for anyone else who is unnecessarily invested in this mission: https://artemis-ii-tracker.com/ For those of us who apparently need a dedicated place to monitor this mission instead of behaving like well-adjusted people.

    Apr 2026 · artemis-ii-tracker.com

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    Solar System Explorer▲80

    Walk in the cosmos

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    Skylive▲120

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    Jun 2026 · skylive.world

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    API Docs for NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day API▲18

    2022 · nasa-apod.portaldocs.dev

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    SOLAR by Aireal ▲88

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    Solaris Sky Calendar▲119

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    2016

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    RealmTrack▲132

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    Astropocket ▲72

    Tons of astronomy services, one app.

    2022

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