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Know what's worth observing tonight.

Built for the eyepiece. Conditions, targets, and guides — everything you need before you head out, and everything you need once you're there.

$4.99 at launch · No subscriptioniOS 16+
Observing Dashboard

You own the telescope. You have the night. But finding the best targets — and knowing what you're looking at — shouldn't require three different apps and a stack of charts.

Tonight's Program
— 01

Your personal
tour of the sky.

Ranked by what's actually visible from where you are tonight. Pick a tour style — Greatest Hits, Stellar Arc, or Max Variety — set your equipment and experience level, and the app builds your night.

Moon Explorer
— 02

The Moon,
named and mapped.

Tonight's exact lunar phase with named seas, mountain ranges, and all six Apollo landing sites pinpointed — the history right where it happened.

Live Weather
— 03

Know your sky
before you leave the house.

Hour-by-hour cloud cover, seeing index, humidity, and wind — powered by NWS. Drag the time slider across the night to find your window.

Deep-Sky Objects
— 04

The full catalogs.
Sorted by your sky, right now.

The full Messier and Caldwell catalogs — over 200 objects — sorted by altitude for your location right now. Real-time position, equipment notes, and an observing tip for every single one.

Object Type Guide
— 05

What is that,
actually?

Tap any object type for a full breakdown — annotated diagrams, astrophysics in plain English, and the story behind every structure in the sky. Other apps tell you where to point. This one explains what you're seeing.

Sky Events
— 06

Never miss what's overhead —
launches, passes, and celestial events.

Rocket launch countdowns with T-minus badges, mission and payload details, and visibility predictions for your exact location — including which direction to look. Live ISS pass times, meteor showers, planet conjunctions, and more. Everything overhead, tracked in real time.

Built by an astronomer · Privacy-first, zero tracking · Works offline — no signal needed at the dark site
Why Telescope Flight Deck?
Other astronomy apps: $9.99–$49.99/year in subscriptions.
Telescope Flight Deck: $4.99. Once. Forever.
You spent more on your last eyepiece than on this app.That's by design.
One purchase.
Yours forever.
$4.99 at launch · No subscription · iOS 16.0 or later
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