Milky Way Hunting

Know when the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are out tonight, and exactly where to look.

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The live star map, with the Milky Way core and Andromeda marked above a night sea
Live star map

Tonight's sky, live

Constellations, the Milky Way and Andromeda, drawn for your place and the current minute. Drag to look around, pinch to zoom, or slide through the hours ahead to watch the night turn.

Compass mode: a ring in the middle of the screen closing on the Milky Way core
Compass mode

Point your phone at it

Hold the phone up and turn until the ring closes on the target. The sky follows the phone, and the compass correction for your location is worked out for you.

Tonight: a plain verdict for the Milky Way core and Andromeda, with darkness and Moon times
Tonight

A straight answer

Visible now, not yet, washed out by the Moon or below the horizon. With sunset, full darkness, moonrise and the best moonless window of the night.

The calendar: the next 30 nights rated for the Milky Way core and Andromeda
Next 30 nights

Plan the great nights

Every night scored for darkness, the Moon and how high each target climbs, so you can plan a trip to a dark site around the best ones.

Works offline

Star catalogues and the astronomy are built in. No signal needed on a dark beach.

Private by design

Your location stays on your phone. No account, no ads, no tracking.

Real astronomy

Positions from the standard Meeus algorithms, and a compass corrected with the World Magnetic Model.

Find the Milky Way tonight

Free on Android, iPhone and Huawei.