Explore the catalogue
Everything the platform can point a telescope at. Pick something you like the look of and save a plan for it — you can change every detail later.
- IllustrationAndromeda GalaxyM31Galaxy · AndromedaA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationBeehiveM44Open cluster · CancerA loose family of stars born together and slowly drifting apart.
- IllustrationBlack Eye GalaxyM64Galaxy · Coma BerenicesA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationBode's GalaxyM81Galaxy · Ursa MajorA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationButterfly ClusterM6Open cluster · ScorpiusA loose family of stars born together and slowly drifting apart.
- IllustrationCheckmark NebulaM17Emission nebula · SagittariusA cloud of gas lit from inside by the young stars forming within it.
- IllustrationCigar GalaxyM82Galaxy · Ursa MajorA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationCrab NebulaM1Supernova remnant · TaurusThe wreckage of an exploded star, still expanding.
- IllustrationDumbbell NebulaM27Planetary nebula · VulpeculaThe glowing shell a dying star threw off. Nothing to do with planets.
Eagle NebulaM16Emission nebula · Se2A nursery of new stars. The dark shapes near the middle are the dust pillars made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope.- IllustrationGreat Orion NebulaM42Emission nebula · OrionA cloud of gas lit from inside by the young stars forming within it.
- IllustrationHercules Globular ClusterM13Globular cluster · HerculesA dense ball of very old stars in orbit around our galaxy.
- IllustrationJupiterPlanetA world in our own Solar System, moving against the fixed stars from night to night.
- IllustrationLagoon NebulaM8Emission nebula · SagittariusA cloud of gas lit from inside by the young stars forming within it.
- IllustrationMairan's NebulaM43Emission nebula · OrionA cloud of gas lit from inside by the young stars forming within it.
- IllustrationMarsPlanetA world in our own Solar System, moving against the fixed stars from night to night.
- IllustrationMercuryPlanetA world in our own Solar System, moving against the fixed stars from night to night.
- IllustrationMessier 10M10Globular cluster · OphiuchusA dense ball of very old stars in orbit around our galaxy.
- IllustrationMessier 100M100Galaxy · Coma BerenicesA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationMessier 101M101Galaxy · Ursa MajorA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationMessier 103M103Open cluster · CassiopeiaA loose family of stars born together and slowly drifting apart.
- IllustrationMessier 105M105Galaxy · LeoA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationMessier 106M106Galaxy · Canes VenaticiA whole other galaxy — billions of stars, far enough away to fit in a single frame.
- IllustrationMessier 107M107Globular cluster · OphiuchusA dense ball of very old stars in orbit around our galaxy.
Being in this catalogue means the platform knows about an object. Whether it is above the horizon on a particular night, and whether the first telescope can usefully image it, are separate questions. Saving a plan records what you want; the scheduler answers those when booking opens.