Sky Map

Find your place in the night sky

Sky Map turns an Android phone into a practical guide to the stars. Point the device upward and it can help identify stars, planets and constellations in the area of sky you are viewing. It suits beginners who want a simple introduction to astronomy, as well as learners who need a quick visual reference outdoors.

A reference you can use while observing

The app uses the phone’s location and orientation sensors to match its display with the sky around you. Search tools can help you locate a particular celestial object, while directional guidance points you toward it. You can also narrow the view by object type, making it easier to focus on planets, constellations or deep-sky objects instead of scanning everything at once.

Simple tools, straightforward presentation

Sky Map is built around the basic act of pointing and identifying. Its controls are functional rather than decorative, which can be useful when you are using the app outside in low light. It is better suited to quick identification and visual learning than to long scientific articles or detailed astronomical research. The project is open source and developed by Sky Map Devs.

What its numbers say

In the Books & Reference category, Sky Map has a 4.085122 rating from 487,005 reviews and more than 50,000,000 installs. Those figures place it among the more widely used mobile tools for exploring the night sky. Choose it if you want an accessible star map that connects what you see on your screen with what is above you.