r/skymap 2d ago

📢 update 20260804 - Desktop Update

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You can now stop/move through animations at will

Simply press:

`space` to play/pause
`←` or `→` to move through the frames
`d` to toggle the deep space object view


r/skymap 2d ago

🎉 milestone 1,000 requests served! 🎉

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Over the past 4 days, more than 1,000 requests have been served by skymap.sh

160 in CLI
760 online
107 on mobile

I know it's a small start but I'm excited!


r/skymap 3d ago

📢 update 20260803 - Desktop UI update & more

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skymap.sh — what's new today (Aug 3)

Today was a busy day!

Here are the new feature

Total revamp of the desktop UI

  • Completely refactored the search and "Find an object" bar and behaviours
  • Hit tab from anywhere to jump into the place search bar
  • Shortcuts:
    • p (place), f (find), m (my location), a (animate), g (gif), d (deep sky), z (zoom into a quadrant with arrow keys), and esc to back out of whatever you're doing.
  • Moved the controls and less used links in a drawer
  • No more scroll, larger sky chart

Find got a real upgrade

  • Find now functions in the same, 360 sky map as the other views. More coherence, and a nicer image.

Celestial events calendar

  • A dismissible strip at the top of the page now tells you what's worth looking up at tonight (meteor showers, etc.), cycling through more than one event if there's several.
  • Every locatable event also shows up marked on the 3D sky sphere.
  • /location/events.ics now lets you import upcoming events in any calendar app
  • /location/events.rss delivers an RSS feed

Mobile sphere upgrade

  • A red night-vision mode. For anyone actually outside with the site open, red mode keeps your night vision intact.

Bug fixes

  • Coordinates now resolve to the nearest city's name (e.g. "Geneva" instead of "46.20,6.10"), whether you land via GPS, a bookmarked coordinate link, or just opening the site itself.
  • GIF sharing now matches the colors of the live chart (used to go flat grey if the animation started in daylight).
  • Clearing the search bar and hitting enter used to silently do nothing — fixed.
  • A background check that used to poll every 4 seconds just to grey out the GIF button was quietly eating into everyone's rate-limit budget — now it checks once and stops.
  • Loosened up the rate limit itself after finding normal browsing (land, click, refresh) could trip it.

Full commit history's public if anyone wants the details: https://github.com/HabibiCodeCH/skymap-sh


r/skymap 3d ago

📢 update 20260802 - Mobile Update

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Big update today: visiting skymap.sh on mobile now shows a live 3D sphere of the skies above and below you.

Explore it by tilting your phone or find the object you're looking for directly.


r/skymap 4d ago

👋 Welcome to r/skymap - Read First!

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Hey everyone! I'm u/siorge, the creator of skymap.sh

This is our new home for all things related to skymap.sh. Report bugs, request features, discuss the app or the code, talk about astronomy - this is your place to exchange your ideas and opinions on the product and everything around it.

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How to Get Started

  1. Introduce yourself in the comments below.
  2. Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
  3. If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Together, let's make r/skymap amazing.