MiniAstro

MiniAstro is an amateur astronomy companion app that accompanies you through every moment of stargazing and capturing your photos.

It connects the entire process—from checking if the night sky is clear, deciding what to observe, composing your shot with your equipment, to planning and recording—into a single seamless workflow.

It provides a seamless flow of activities. [Tonight's Sky]

• Check twilight, lunar phase/altitude, and Milky Way position via hourly curves

• Displays "Best Time to Shoot" (Darkness ∩ No Moon)

• Local time and sky brightness information based on the observation site

[Searching for Celestial Objects]

• Search by Messier/NGC number, Korean name (e.g., Andromeda), and coordinates (RA/Dec)

• Altitude changes, meridian transit, and rise/sunset times for each object

• Check altitude and elongation by time using time scrubs

[Field of View Simulator]

• Overlay your telescope/camera field of view onto a star map

• Compare smart telescopes, presets, and custom-registered equipment

• Preview composition before shooting

[Shooting Plan & Recording]

• Collect objects of interest → Develop into a shooting plan

• Store shooting records along with observation site, date, and equipment

[Plate Solving]

• Upload photos → Analyze the actual sky captured

[Gallery & Community]

• Upload your work, browse other people's astrophotography

• Space Photo of the Day (APOD) · Celestial Object of the Month Photography (IOTD)

[Equipment & Marketplace]

• Register & manage equipment, trade used equipment

From telescope beginners to deep-sky photographers, the night sky in your hands.

Start your night sky today with MiniAstro.