The sky, right now
Every planet, Chiron and the lunar nodes to the arc minute. The chart is stamped to the latest validated XRP Ledger close, and every ledger has its own sky time.
Astro Bear Live Sky is a live transit wheel synced to ledger time, and it lets anyone save a snapshot of the sky to the testnet.
Keep the sky with you
Add Live Sky to your home screen and it keeps charting the planets in real time, even if the internet goes down. Install it now, while you are online, so the stars are always in your pocket.
How can that work? The planet math runs on your own device, using its clock. The internet is only used to load this page the first time, to sync with the XRP Ledger, and to save a sky.
Steps for other browsers
Safari on iPhone or iPad
- Tap the Share button at the bottom of Safari. If you see a More button next to the address instead, tap More, then Share.
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
Google Chrome on iPhone or iPad
- Tap the Share button to the right of the address bar.
- Tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
Google Chrome on Android
- Tap the three-dot menu (More) to the right of the address bar.
- Tap Install app, Install and create shortcut, or Add to Home screen. The name you see depends on your Chrome version.
- Tap Install or Add, then follow the prompt. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
Firefox on iPhone or iPad
- Tap the menu button in the toolbar (three lines or three dots).
- Tap Share, then tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
Firefox on Android
- Tap the three-dot menu button .
- Tap Install or Add to Home screen.
- Tap Add automatically, or drag the icon onto your home screen. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
DuckDuckGo on iPhone or iPad
- Tap the Share button next to the address. If you do not see Share yet, tap the menu, then Share.
- Tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
DuckDuckGo on Android
- Tap the menu button (three dots) .
- Tap Add to Home screen.
- Tap Add. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
Brave on iPhone or iPad
- Tap the Share button in the toolbar.
- Tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
Brave on Android
- Tap the three-dot menu .
- Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
- Tap Add or Install, then follow the prompt. Open Live Sky from your home screen any time.
Today for your sign
Eastern Time
A short reading for each sign, written from today's actual sky. Tap your sign. We will remember it on this device.
Planets and points
Tropical zodiac, apparent geocentric positions. Countdowns run to the next sign change.
Current aspects
Transiting planet to transiting planet. A = applying, S = separating. The South Node mirrors the North Node and is left out.
Upcoming
Ingresses, stations, exact aspects and Moon phases.
Save this sky to the ledger
Writes a tiny memo with the time and every longitude (rounded to arc minutes) into a transaction on the XRPL testnet. Anything on a ledger is public and permanent, and this memo holds no personal data.
...How to save a snapshot and view it
- Tap Save this sky to the ledger.
- If this browser does not have a testnet wallet yet, the site makes one and asks the official testnet faucet for free test XRP. This is not real money.
- The site writes a memo with the sky time and every planet position, rounded to the nearest arc minute, into a testnet transaction.
- When it succeeds, tap Open this snapshot on the testnet explorer, or copy the transaction link.
- On testnet.xrpl.org, open the transaction and find the Memo. The astrobear/sky memo shows the time and the planet positions. You can also tap View this saved sky on the wheel to see it here.
This only uses the XRPL testnet. The test XRP is free and has no value.
How accurate is it?
Checked against independent references.
Sun to Pluto and the Moon run in your browser with astronomy-engine. Chiron comes from a daily Swiss Ephemeris table that runs from December 1, 2019 to February 1, 2036, interpolated. The accuracy figures above are in arcseconds. The true node is the osculating node of the Moon's orbit.