Built for real nights
AstroGuide helps you make good choices on clear nights, changing nights, moonlit nights, and evenings that are better spent planning or reviewing.
AstroGuide is live on the App Store.
Astronomy planning for smart-telescope owners
Make the most of every night under the stars.
AstroGuide helps you decide what kind of night you have, choose subjects that fit your real setup, and learn from every session afterward, whether the sky is clear, moonlit, changing, or better used for planning ahead.
- Useful on clear nights
- Helpful on moonlit nights
- Grounded in your real setup
- Still valuable after the session
Before you set up
See when the strongest hours really happen, and whether tonight is better for observing, planning, or review.
Beyond tonight
Hold onto meaningful ideas, build objectives, and come back when the sky is ready.
Built for real nights
Not every night is perfect. That does not make it wasted.
AstroGuide is designed for the nights most people actually get: clear windows, passing clouds, bright moonlight, uncertain forecasts, and evenings that are better spent reviewing what happened or planning what comes next.
Built for real setups
Site context, horizon limits, telescope fit, filter choices, and Capture Studio composition planning make guidance feel personal instead of generic.
Built to teach as it guides
Explainable charts, tips, and review tools help newer smart-telescope owners build confidence without feeling talked down to.
What AstroGuide helps you do
A public preview for the whole observing loop.
AstroGuide is not just a list of interesting subjects. It is a planning-and-learning companion that stays useful before the session, during planning, and after the telescope is packed away.
Start with the night
Review nightly ratings, hourly conditions, and observation windows before you commit time to setup.
Learn moreChoose subjects that fit
Recommendations reflect your site, equipment, visibility, and the type of night you actually have.
Learn moreShape the capture plan
Capture Studio connects framing, filter fit, sub-exposure guidance, and integration estimates before you save a project.
Learn moreBuild your real rig
Telescope Workshop combines optics, cameras, and focal multipliers so planning tools understand your actual field of view.
Learn moreTurn ideas into projects
Goals, objectives, and monthly visibility help you hold onto good ideas without forcing them into tonight’s plan.
Learn moreReview what happened
Direct Scan imports, History, efficiency views, and session diagnostics help you understand how the night really went.
Learn moreLearn as you go
Tips and explainers help you understand why the app is steering you in a certain direction.
Learn morePlan tonight
Start with the night, not the catalog.
AstroGuide helps you judge whether tonight is worth using, protect the strongest hours, and narrow from “maybe” to a practical subject choice.
- Night ratings that frame the big picture before setup
- Hourly conditions and observation windows that show when the night improves
- Context-aware suggestions instead of a generic list of famous subjects
- Subject review that keeps timing and composition close to the decision
Plan ahead
Turn passing ideas into a calm planning system.
Not every interesting subject belongs in tonight’s plan. AstroGuide helps you save future intent, think seasonally, and keep real projects moving.
- Goals and objectives for multi-night work and recurring interests
- Monthly visibility that helps you separate tonight from “soon”
- Equipment-aware context that keeps long-range plans realistic
- A better home for “not tonight, but definitely later”
Real setup context
Your site, horizon, and equipment change the answer.
A subject can be technically visible and still be the wrong choice from your yard, with your telescope, at your best hour. AstroGuide is stronger when it understands your real observing situation.
- Plan with site profiles, local obstructions, and panoramic sky context.
- Use Capture Studio composition planning to see whether a subject actually fits your telescope.
- Keep recommendations grounded in visibility, timing, and practical fit.
Before, during, and after
Useful before you observe. Useful while you plan. Useful after the night is over.
This is the closed loop that makes AstroGuide feel different from a generic planner. Each phase gives the next one more context.
Before the session
Decide whether the night is worth using, what the strongest hours are, and whether tonight is better for active observing or planning ahead.
During planning
Compare subjects, inspect timing and composition, then turn a promising idea into a realistic schedule block or a saved objective.
After the night
Review grouped sessions, compare results, and see what you want to repeat, refine, or save for later.
Review and improve
Keep learning after the telescope is packed away.
AstroGuide stays useful after the session by turning imported sessions, stacked results, and diagnostic clues into feedback you can actually use next time.
- Direct Scan imports that group telescope files into reviewable sessions
- Efficiency views that explain where time turned into useful signal
- SNR and coverage summaries that add image-level context
- Session diagnostics and drift analysis that help separate sky problems from behavior problems
From the AstroGuide blog
Follow the product as it takes shape.
We’re using the blog for feature explainers, build notes, and product updates so the public site can keep teaching, not just marketing.
How AstroGuide helps you decide what kind of night you have
A closer look at the planning loop that starts with the night itself, narrows to practical subjects, and helps you learn from the session afterward.
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Make every night more useful.
Download AstroGuide for iPhone and iPad, then use the site to explore features, pricing, and planning guides while the soft-launch materials keep getting polished.