Skyvera

Tonight, you'll know whether to go out.

Skyvera checks the weather, the Moon and light pollution to tell you when to look up. A word when it's worth it, quiet the rest of the time.

Tell me when it's out

Skyvera isn't published yet. No list, no form: send a mail and you'll hear from me the day it ships.

  • With your own eyes
  • No account
  • Free
Explore a night
A word, when the sky is worth it.
A phone lock screen with Skyvera's sky behind it: a notification reads “Saturday night: the Perseids. The finest meteor shower of the year, and the forecast over your town is perfect. Put it in the diary.”

The sky above your own roof, printed like a postcard.

The verdict is printed along the foot of the card; the one thing to do is written by hand. And on the evenings there is nothing, the card says that just as plainly.

Two example cards. The sky changes, the honesty stays.

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Choose an example night
The card on a good evening: the starry sky above the rooftops, one handwritten line across it, and the verdict printed on the cream strip at the foot.

Step outside for two minutes: the golden point, due south, is Saturn.

10pm · due south · clear skies until 11pm

Tonight is worth itWhere to look
The card on an overcast evening: low cloud above the rooftops, and “not tonight” printed on the cream strip at the foot.

We weren't going to send you out for nothing.

Overcast until morning

Not tonight

How it works

  1. We do the maths

    Hour-by-hour weather, the phase of the Moon, the light pollution over your town, where the planets are. The cross-check nobody wants to run before stepping outside.

  2. We tell you where to look

    “Turn south-east, halfway up: the brightest point is Jupiter.” No star chart, no magnitudes, no jargon.

  3. We stay quiet the rest of the time

    Most evenings there is nothing. An app willing to say so saves you more time than one that writes to you every day.

Just what you need to look up.

  • The home screen on a good evening: the sky above the rooftops, the handwritten line, and “tonight is worth it” printed at the foot.
    Tonight
  • The “where to look” screen: an engraved compass rose, tonight's object ringed in ballpoint, and the instruction printed in capitals.
    Where to look
  • The home screen on a poor evening: overcast sky above the rooftops, and “not tonight” printed at the foot.
    Not tonight
  • The upcoming nights screen: a rack of small postcards, one for each night worth remembering.
    Nights not to miss

What to know

I know nothing about astronomy

That is exactly who Skyvera is for. No magnitudes, no star chart: one sentence, one direction, and what the thing looks like.

Do I need a telescope?

No telescope, no binoculars. Skyvera only points at what you can see with your own eyes from where you live, city included.

Will it notify me every evening?

No. Most evenings there is nothing to say, so it says nothing. You pick the hour of the evening word, and you can switch it off.

Is it really free?

Yes. No account, no ads, nothing to sell. Your coordinates work out your sky and do nothing else.

Does it work where I live?

Anywhere there is a forecast. The calculation is calibrated on Belgium and France, clouds included.

Most evenings it will say nothing. That is the point.

We'll keep watch.

Tell me when it's out

Skyvera isn't published yet. No list, no form: send a mail and you'll hear from me the day it ships.