Messier Challenge & Star Challenge

Learn the positions of the 110 objects from the Messier catalog.
Learn the positions of 103 bright stars.

Star Sweeper

Play Star Sweeper - like the Minesweeper - in a giant sphere in virtual reality under the night sky.

Gallery mode

Explore hundreds of images representing deep sky objects, such as nebulae and galaxies.

Planetarium

With light pollution, it is getting more difficult to fully appreciate the night sky, see the constellations, and determine the position of deep sky objects, from our pale blue dot. With this planetarium, you can learn and appreciate the beauty of a dark night sky. Amateur astronomers can prepare their observations by having a real sense of where deep sky objects are through virtual reality, without relying on a GoTo mount.

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upward, and leads us from this world to another." Plato, The Republic, 342 BCE.

Key features

41375 stars (apparent magnitude < 8)
The planets of the Solar system and the Moon.
88 constellations
Deep Sky Object Catalogs: Messier (110), Caldwell (109), and Herschel 400 (400), NGC (7840), IC (5386) , Arp (338), Sharpless-2 (313)
Deep Sky Object images from surveys:
- Original Digitized Sky Survey
- 2nd Digitized Sky Survey (Red)
- 2nd Digitized Sky Survey (Blue)
- 2nd Digitized Sky Survey-Near Infrared
- Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The Equatorial Grid, Azimuthal Grid, Ecliptic Plane, and Galactic Plane.
Bortle Scale effect, location, and time options

Action

Point to objects in the sky to get information.

Valve Index: Trigger
HTC Vive: Trigger
Oculus Touch: Trigger

Playlist

Music of J.S. Bach, Beethoven, G. Mahler, A. Dvorak, M. Mussorgsky, M. Ravel, and I. Stravinsky for relaxing.

hublab

PlanetariumVR

hublab

PlanetariumVR