Orrery

Orrery

A location-aware astronomy companion. Explore planetary arcs, track the Moon, discover constellations, and watch the sky come alive — in real time.

Orrery home screen widget
Orrery moon and planet detail view
Orrery tablet arc view

Everything above the horizon

A complete sky simulation engine — from sunrise to the outer planets, all calculated for your exact location.

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Solar Arc

See the Sun's full daily path plotted as a precise altitude arc. Track sunrise, solar noon, golden hour, and sunset for any date.

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Moon & Phase

Real-time moon phase, illumination percentage, and altitude arc. Rise, transit, and set times calculated to the minute.

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All Planets

Mercury to Neptune, plus dwarf planets — each plotted on the arc chart with rise/transit/set and current altitude shown.

Constellations

Scrollable star atlas rendered in the app. Browse the 88 IAU constellations as a strip anchored to your local sky.

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Messier Catalogue

All 110 Messier objects overlaid on the constellation view, with brightness-based rendering and rotation for the current epoch.

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ISS Passes

Upcoming International Space Station passes calculated live from fresh orbital elements — no account or internet required at runtime.

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Time Travel

Pan and zoom the arc chart across hours, days, or months. See next week's full moon rise or plan a meteor shower viewing session.

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Your Location

Uses your device GPS for precise calculations. All computations happen on-device — no data is sent to any server.

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Resizable Widget

A beautiful home-screen widget showing the live solar arc. Resize it from compact to full-width, in multiple sizes.

The sky, always on your home screen

Orrery's live widget shows the solar arc, planetary positions, and current sky conditions — updating every 15 minutes automatically.

Resize it from compact to full-width. Stack multiple widgets with independent configurations. No battery drain, no background location polling.

Orrery home screen widget

Look up tonight

Free to download. No account required. Just open it, point your phone at the sky, and explore.