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24 alternatives to StarScope – Free astronomy dashboard for observers outside the US/UK
Real-time astronomy feeds: Arxiv astrophysics preprints, NASA Gamma-ray Coordinates Network transient alerts, Minor Planet Center discoveries, NOAA space weather, and more.
StarScope is a free astronomy dashboard designed for observers located outside the US and UK. It provides tools and information for tracking celestial objects and planning observations. The platform launched in June… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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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 · its alternatives →
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Satellites 🛰️ are visible in the night sky, no telescope required, if you know where to look. Find out here.
2019 · james.darpinian.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · telesc.pe · its alternatives →
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Live NASA solar imagery in 12 wavelengths, the moon phase tonight for 200+ cities, and real space weather. Free on iOS and Android. No ads, no signup.
Apr 2026 · lumara-space.app · its alternatives →
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Periscope▲1,049Explore the world through someone else's eyes
2015 · periscope.tv · its alternatives →
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Telescope▲459The easiest way to launch your own Product Hunt-like site
2015 · telescopeapp.org · its alternatives →
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Atlas of Spacefree▲770Hello HN! Sharing a recent side project of mine, the Atlas of Space, that I built out to explore the Solar System. As a long-time space nerd, I realized recently that I didn't have a good intuition on the scale, speed, and relative orientation of the celestial bodies around us. So over the break I built out a kind of spatial Wikipedia to click around and learn about planets, moons, asteroids, and other bodies orbiting the Sun. The physics is all simulated in the browser using simple Newtonian mechanics. There's a lot left to do from here, including modeling objects in non-Keplerian orbits…
2025 · atlasof.space · its alternatives →
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AstroAlert▲113Know exactly when satellites pass above you.
Nov 2025 · astroalert.app · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone! I’m working on Telescope - an open-source web-based log viewer designed to make working with logs stored in ClickHouse easier and more intuitive. I wasn’t happy with existing log viewers - most of them force a specific log format, are tied to ingestion pipelines, or are just a small part of a larger platform. Others didn’t display logs the way I wanted. So I decided to build my own lightweight, flexible log viewer - one that actually fits my needs. Check it out: Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IItMOXwugY GitHub:…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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24d ago · space.bl2.net · its alternatives →
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I got fed up with the news reader apps out there so I decided to make my own. Its a simple concept where it tracks all your favorite news sources for new posts and the social shares it received. Then it ranks it HN/Reddit style using social shares as upvotes. It's not meant to be alternative to HN, just a focused way to track your favorite sources. Please try it out and let me know what do you think, http://telescope.surf/ Note: you can do 'Add to Homescreen' on mobile to make it as an app. Please leave a feedback or any feature wishlist you may have. Thanks!
2017 · its alternatives →
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Telescope▲246A beautiful, stylish and minimal publishing platform ✏️
2019 · telescope.ac · its alternatives →
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I made a single-serving iPhone app with a floating green arrow that always points to the center of the Milky Way, 26,000 lights years away. It’s weirdly grounding. I’ve never made an app before, so here’s how it worked with ChatGPT.
2024 · interconnected.org · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I made Orbit, an iOS app that allows you to see the satellites, planets, and constellations above you in AR, on a 2D map, and on a 3D globe. The app includes more than 15,000 objects tracked by CelesTrack, together with their pass predictions, descriptions, and detailed orbital data. A searchable catalog of all objects is also available, as well as a built-in chatbot designed to answer any space-related questions you might have. This is my first published iOS app, so any feedback is greatly appreciated! App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772174570
Jul 2026 · nagylukas.github.io · its alternatives →
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Spatium▲182Hi there, humans! I'm excited to announce Spatium! I'm a big fan of any topic related to our universe. I'm also a developer, so I've put these things together and I built this new tab Chrome Extension for space lovers, astronomy fans, and science geeks like me. If you enjoyed it, please spread some love <3 FEATURES • Space images • Every day, get a fascinating image of our universe. Enjoy pictures of stars, planets, moons, galaxies, nebulae, comets and more right on your browser tab. • Sun Widget • Find out when the sunrise, sunset, first and last light times will be precisely at your…
2021 · spatium.earth · its alternatives →
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Stardust▲87Scientific cycle tracker with ancient wisdom, astronomy & AI
2023 · stardust.app · its alternatives →
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Sky Guide▲88Incredibly beautiful AR augmented map of the stars
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! My name is Rémy and I recently published an astronomy dashboard where everything is open source: the code of the website, the framework it is based on and the library that computes astronomical data. For the last few years, I have been developing the Ruby library Astronoby (https://github.com/rhannequin/astronoby) with as much dedication and perseverance I could while I don't have any scientific academic background. My end goal was to use this library and build a website that not only provides as much data as possible, but let anyone access and understand how it…
Nov 2025 · its alternatives →
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Tractorscope▲87The developer’s data visualization platform
2024 · tractorscope.com · its alternatives →
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I'm excited to share TelescopeAdvisor.com and our newly launched Telescope Finder Tool: https://www.telescopeadvisor.com/telescope-finder-tool.php. Whether you're a beginner looking to explore the night sky or an experienced stargazer searching for an upgrade, this tool helps you find your perfect telescope. Check it out, and let us know what you think: https://www.telescopeadvisor.com/telescope-finder-tool.php Happy stargazing!
2025 · telescopeadvisor.com · its alternatives →
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