SkyServer

 
A journey from Orion to Taurus ...   ... or watch Taurus for a while ...   Orbit Tracking of minor planet 89 Julia
 
*** Use MicroSky 3 - the mobile planetarium of SkyServer for mobile/cell phones and PDAs ***
 

Starlit sky for hobby astronomers and star lovers

With SkyServer you can arrange and request your personal view of the Starlit Sky as a Skyimage. There are 2.500.000 stars, 8.000 deep sky objects, the constellations, the planets, local horizon and registered comets available. With various functions and settings i.e. observer location, date, eyepiece etc. you can adjust the Skyimage to your individual needs.
With each request the Skyimage is calculated, drawn and returned in real time in the png display format. Skyimages can be bundled as animations in different ways. Just try it !
 
Test SkyServer without registration:   Skyimage   Animation
 
For calling your image or animation directly or embedding in your own webpage:
 
Replace in the following example URL 'sabine' with your user name. If you call an Image then replace 'Image_1' with the name of your Skyimage and indicate the extension .gif or .png. If you call an animation replace 'Animation_1' with your Animation and indicate the extension .gif .
http://www.upto.org/skyserver/image/sabine/Image_1.png
http://www.upto.org/skyserver/animation/sabine/Animation_1.gif
 
Costumer licence
 
SkyServer is a free service. It may be used free for personal non-commercial purpose. But it may not be sold in any way without permission of the programmer.  This service is free, so I'm not accepting any liability. But it is my personal goal to keep SkyServer running and I will care for it in my free time.
 
SkyServer is designed and developed by Sabine Plunder. The calculation module is provided by Richard van Nieuwenhoven.
 
I hope you enjoy using SkyServer and would appreciate getting your requirements or suggestions to
 
v2.0.1
 
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Skyimage Examples
Orion
Taurus
Andromeda
 
Animation Examples
Taurus - gif
Orion/Taurus - gif