Astra
Point your phone at the sky and instantly name every star, planet, and constellation.
A calm, gorgeous star map for the rest of us. Raise your phone to the night sky and Astra names what you're looking at before you've steadied your arm — stars, planets, the Moon, the 88 constellations, even the ISS as it slides overhead. Tap anything to learn its story, save what you've spotted, and let the sky become familiar.
Astra
education
Point your phone at the sky and instantly name every star, planet, and constellation
What you get
Astra was built for exactly this.
The core features that make Astra different from the generic alternatives.
Instant point-and-name
raise your phone and Astra labels the star, planet, or constellation in front of you in real time.
Tap any object for its story — distance, brightness, mythology, and when it's best seen.
Tonight's sky
the brightest objects visible from where you're standing right now.
A sky journal of everything you've spotted, so the night sky slowly becomes familiar.
Time travel (Pro)
scrub the sky to any date and time to plan a meteor shower or replay an eclipse.
Event alerts (Pro)
a quiet nudge before the ISS passes over, a shower peaks, or planets meet.
A note from the studio
“I grew up able to name maybe three things in the sky, and I assumed real stargazing required gear I'd never buy. Astra is the app I wish I'd had on the first clear night I spent away from city lights — it doesn't lecture you, it just quietly tells you what you're looking at until, one night, you realize you already know.”
How it works
Three steps. No account. No tracking.
01
Download once
Install Astra from the App Store when the waitlist opens. No account setup — it works the moment you open it.
02
Use for ninety seconds a day
The product is designed so the useful thing takes less than two minutes. Anything longer and you stop. We know.
03
Notice what changes
Patterns surface after two to three weeks. The data is yours alone — no cloud, no report to anyone.
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It'll launch at Astra Pro · $4.99/mo or $29.99/year. Free tier: live point-and-name identification is free forever · 7-day pro trial, no card upfront.
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From the journal
Notes on the practice.
- 01
How to Build a Stargazing Habit That Lasts
How to build a stargazing habit that survives past the first clear night — using the same behavioral science that makes any small ritual stick over time.
2026-06-11
5 min read
- 02
Binoculars or Telescope: Where Beginners Should Start
Binoculars vs telescope for stargazing is the wrong first question. Here's how to decide what to buy — and why the honest answer is often 'neither, yet.'
2026-06-07
5 min read
- 03
Stargazing on a Camping Trip: What to Look For
Stargazing while camping gives you a dark sky most people never see. Here's how to make the most of one clear night away from the city's glow.
2026-06-03
5 min read
- 04
A Beginner's Guide to Reading the Night Sky
A beginner's guide to reading the night sky: the handful of anchors, lines, and patterns that turn a wall of random stars into a map you can navigate.
2026-05-30
5 min read
- 05
Why Most Beginners Give Up on Stargazing
Why stargazing feels hard for beginners is rarely about the sky itself — it's four quiet, fixable mistakes that turn a magical hobby into a frustrating one.
2026-05-25
5 min read
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