I need some place that I can see what the night sky looks like from my location?

Question

I need a website or free download that will show me what the night sky in my location looks like tonight. Something that shows the location of planets, the moon, and other space objects form Chicago. I don't mean something like google sky. There is a program called StarryNight, but it cost money.

Answer 1

try looking for a nasa website

Answer 2

http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.as...

Answer 3

** ALL THE OTHER ANSWERS ARE BULLS**T COMPARED TO THIS ONE **

just go to that link and download Stellarium

http://www.stellarium.org/

It will give you a view of the sky at any location on earth. You can zoom, change date and time, get real time, ff,etc...

Its the best you can find for this precise purpose

Have fun

Answer 4

TRY GOING OUTSIDE

Answer 5

Google it....

Answer 6

Go to Heavens Above

http://www.heavens-above.com

You will need to create an account, but you can put your city  name in and you can  what the sky will look like at any given time.

Answer 7

starryy night is awesome ! you won't be sorry that you bought it . i was thinking of the cost too and after i bought it  ...wow was the money worth it!!!

i look online to see when eclipses are going to happen ...time , date and place on earth, punch it in my program and wantch it on there.

if i'm going out to look at the night sky i can see in the daytime what will be out and even print off a star map that show's me were things are too look at.

i can see what time the moon will rise tonight and what pase it is .

when jupiter will come into view and where

even has awesome astronomy news links on it.

trust me you won't be sorry you spent the money.

i tried stellarium and my friend did .. it's c**p . and  sstarryy night has more !!!

Answer 8

I'm not sure about a free download but if you have a torrent client you can go to isohunt.com and search for StarryNight and will be able to download it. I just did a search and it's on there. If you don't know about torrent clients or anything about torrents. Ask another question about them and if I see it I will answer it, or I'm sure someone else will answer it. Hope that helps.

Answer 9

look at teh charts in sky and telescope. in a pinch, you might even go outside.

Answer 10

check out this site.

Answer 11

Google earth has a new feature that does something like that.

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pres...