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Fun Stuff
Tools that show what a telescope can really do before you spend a penny, and a few games for cloudy nights.
What telescope is best for me?
Answer a few questions, get a recommendation from the gear I rate.
Coming soonThrough the Eyepiece
Real live captures at the scale a telescope shows them.
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Every tool
1 tool, more comingWhat can I see with my telescope?
Pick a telescope and eyepiece, see the deep sky it frames.
Coming soonThe Moon through your telescope
Field of view from binoculars to a C11.
Coming soonPlanet tools
Six planet apps on real JPL ephemerides.
Coming soonJovian Clockwork
Jupiter moon transits and shadows, date by date.
Coming soonThe Ring Machine
Saturn and its rings through your telescope.
Coming soonMars Face
Which face of Mars is turned towards us tonight.
Coming soonWorth it tonight
Is tonight worth setting up for the planets?
Coming soonClose approaches
Conjunctions to put in the diary, 2026 to 2030.
Coming soonIce giants
Finding Uranus and Neptune.
Coming soonRig builder
Put a telescope, mount and camera together.
Coming soonThe Observatory Arcade
Tiny browser games: collimation, focus, star-hopping.
Coming soon