The sky is not a museum

Tonight

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reading your sky…

Your horizon, this minute

The whole circle of your horizon, unrolled — north through east, south, west. Worlds above the line are in your sky right now; tap any of them to fly there in the Atlas.

The planets, right now

Altitude and compass bearing are for your horizon, this minute. The worlds marked are above it now — walk outside and they are there.

The fall of darkness

Sunset
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Civil duskstreetlights on
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Nautical duskhorizon fades
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True darknessthe Milky Way, if your sky allows
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Sunrise
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Falling stars

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Radiant
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Peak rate
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Peak night
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The Space Station

Locating…

Seven people are living up there, falling around the Earth every 92 minutes.

Ground track
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Speed
27,600 km/h
Altitude
~420 km

While you were looking away

Loading NASA's picture of the day…

Numbers are a map. The sky is the territory.

Stand under tonight's sky in the Atlas