Solar System
Position for current date
Heliocentric ecliptic view; distances compressed
Solar barycenter
Top-down wobble of the Sun around the solar-system barycenter
Lagrange points
Sun-Earth geometry schematic; L1/L2 distances exaggerated for readability
Analemma
12:00 local clock time; figure depends on year and selected location
Exoplanet comparison
Each panel is normalized to its own outer orbit; motion is schematic
Polaris & north celestial pole
North horizon view for the selected location; Polaris is shown with enlarged offset
Small Bodies
Tap an orbit to inspect it.
Schematic view; comet paths and belts are strongly compressed
Moon nodes & eclipse season
Node geometry and approximate eclipse-season cycle
Planetary conjunctions
Approximate conjunction minima within the selected date window
Meteor Streams
Activity windows and peak dates for major meteor showers
Constellation of the month
Seasonal highlight for Central Europe
Constellation year clock
Annual wheel of the monthly constellations
Seasons
Current position in the year; axial tilt shown schematically
Spacecraft
Schematic top-down flight paths; logarithmic scale
Visibility today
Night
Twilight
Day
Visibility window
Approximate for Berlin; based on solar elongation
Retrograde phases
Approximate apparent geocentric motion from day to day
Mercury & Venus phases
Illumination, elongation and morning/evening appearance
ISS & bright satellites
Schematic mean low-Earth orbits; positions move with the selected date
Aurora chance Germany
Live estimate for today; not linked to the date control