Nocturne · sky map

Deep-field projection · 32 objects

One sky, plotted in full

Every object in the almanac — galaxies, nebulae, clusters, and stars — placed on a single circular sky map by its position in the heavens. Hover any glow to read its name, constellation, and brightness; toggle labels to trace the pattern yourself. Warm brass UI, dark paper, no pop-ups.

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Reading the map

The disk is an azimuthal equidistant projection of the whole sky: the north pole sits at the center, north up, and each circle marks a band of declination. Brighter objects sit as larger, more luminous glows; each colour codes a category — galaxies in cool blue, nebulae in magenta, clusters in teal, and stars in warm gold.

Objects are placed by their real sky coordinates, so a given night's sky is a rotating slice of this map. Switch Labels off and sweep the pointer across the disk to find each glow by position — the same warm-up astronomers do before they ever need to look one up in the catalog.