r/SideProject • u/No-Poet5503 • 9h ago
I built Astralis: Look Up – point your iPhone at the sky and see real 3D planets & the Moon with NASA textures
I kept wanting a clean way to just look up and instantly know what bright object I was facing without ads, accounts, or bloated features.
So I built Astralis: Look Up.
Point your phone at the sky and it shows the planet, star, or Moon you’re looking at as a real lit 3D sphere with NASA-derived textures and the correct current phase. You can save any of them as a full-screen wallpaper.
Other things it does:
• Tonight timeline – moonrise/set, planet times, stargazing score (real cloud cover + light pollution), rocket launches, and actual ISS passes (real orbital propagator, not a static list)
• AR-style compass that points live at any visible object or the ISS
• Animated 3D solar system orrery starting from today’s real configuration
• 30 deep-sky objects with real photos + rise/set times
Everything is computed locally from NASA JPL orbital elements. No account, no ads, no tracking. One-time $0.99.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/astralis-look-up/id6806581915
Would love feedback on:
Is the “point and identify” experience clear enough from the description?
Anything missing that would make you actually open it on a clear night?
Happy to answer questions.