ATLAS
Know what's worth shooting tonight.
A 3D sky atlas and imaging planner that scores every object in the sky for your exact location, tonight. 55,000 objects. One question answered: what should I shoot?
Know what's worth shooting tonight.
A 3D sky atlas and imaging planner that scores every object in the sky for your exact location, tonight. 55,000 objects. One question answered: what should I shoot?
The problem
You check three apps. Cross-reference a spreadsheet. Guess at altitude and moon phase. Waste the first hour of darkness deciding. ATLAS replaces all of that with a single score, calculated for your exact location, your gear, your sky, right now.
After 200+ imaging nights from a Chicago rooftop, I built the tool I wished existed. One that knows what's visible, what's well-positioned, and what's worth your time, calculated for your exact sky.
The scoring algorithm is calibrated against real imaging data. It works because it was built under the hardest conditions: Bortle 9, rooftop, narrowband. And it still produces results.
See it in action
ATLAS calculates a real-time imaging score for every object based on altitude, moon phase, light pollution, and your gear, then renders the entire sky as an interactive 3D dome. One number tells you what's worth shooting tonight.
Features
One tap to see the highest-scored targets for your location right now. Sorted by what's worth your time tonight.
Filter by type, magnitude, angular size, or distance. Narrow 55,000 objects down to exactly what you're looking for tonight.
Search by name, catalog number, constellation, or type. Find anything in the 55K+ object database instantly.
See when any target rises, transits, and sets from your location. Plan your imaging window down to the minute.
Integrated weather and seeing forecasts so you know if tonight is even worth setting up.
Fly through curated collections of targets with a featured photographer's images and session data.