🛰️ Starcarta update 1.3 is here!
✨ New:
- Tags!
- Highlight Systems by Tag.
- Added 1 AU graph circle to all Systems with planets to show scale. (1/4)
#Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space starcarta.app
✨ New:
- Tags!
- Highlight Systems by Tag.
- Added 1 AU graph circle to all Systems with planets to show scale. (1/4)
#Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space starcarta.app
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🛰️ Starcarta update 1.3 is here!
✨ New:
- Tags!
- Highlight Systems by Tag.
- Added 1 AU graph circle to all Systems with planets to show scale. (1/4)
#Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space starcarta.app
✨ New:
- Tags!
- Highlight Systems by Tag.
- Added 1 AU graph circle to all Systems with planets to show scale. (1/4)
#Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space starcarta.app
Watch OverviewEffekt’s videos, then explore those same stars interactively in Starcarta. (3/3)
🌌 starcarta.app
#Starcarta #webgl #space #threejs #indiedev
🌌 starcarta.app
#Starcarta #webgl #space #threejs #indiedev
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Watch OverviewEffekt’s videos, then explore those same stars interactively in Starcarta. (3/3)
🌌 starcarta.app
#Starcarta #webgl #space #threejs #indiedev
🌌 starcarta.app
#Starcarta #webgl #space #threejs #indiedev
Star Seeker, is now Starcarta.
🛰️ Starcarta Update 1.05 is here!
✨ New:
-New Name!
-Home toggle: find the Sun’s position from anywhere.
-Hover-to-focus: float your mouse over a star name to center on it.
With the new name we also have a new home: starcarta.app! #Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space
🛰️ Starcarta Update 1.05 is here!
✨ New:
-New Name!
-Home toggle: find the Sun’s position from anywhere.
-Hover-to-focus: float your mouse over a star name to center on it.
With the new name we also have a new home: starcarta.app! #Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space
June 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Star Seeker, is now Starcarta.
🛰️ Starcarta Update 1.05 is here!
✨ New:
-New Name!
-Home toggle: find the Sun’s position from anywhere.
-Hover-to-focus: float your mouse over a star name to center on it.
With the new name we also have a new home: starcarta.app! #Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space
🛰️ Starcarta Update 1.05 is here!
✨ New:
-New Name!
-Home toggle: find the Sun’s position from anywhere.
-Hover-to-focus: float your mouse over a star name to center on it.
With the new name we also have a new home: starcarta.app! #Starcarta #indiedev #astronomy #space
A big inspiration to me when I was building Starcarta was all the sci-fi stories I loved as a child, and imagining a future where we’d need stellar cartography to visit them. (1/3)
#Starcarta #scifi #space #indiedev
#Starcarta #scifi #space #indiedev
July 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A big inspiration to me when I was building Starcarta was all the sci-fi stories I loved as a child, and imagining a future where we’d need stellar cartography to visit them. (1/3)
#Starcarta #scifi #space #indiedev
#Starcarta #scifi #space #indiedev
Updated star and planet information will soon be available on Starcarta from the latest astronomy data.
On what major feature to add next. One of the current issues I have is that multiple star systems in app look like this.
starcarta.app/o/kqRM
#starcarta #space #indiedev #stellarcartography
On what major feature to add next. One of the current issues I have is that multiple star systems in app look like this.
starcarta.app/o/kqRM
#starcarta #space #indiedev #stellarcartography
May 18, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Updated star and planet information will soon be available on Starcarta from the latest astronomy data.
On what major feature to add next. One of the current issues I have is that multiple star systems in app look like this.
starcarta.app/o/kqRM
#starcarta #space #indiedev #stellarcartography
On what major feature to add next. One of the current issues I have is that multiple star systems in app look like this.
starcarta.app/o/kqRM
#starcarta #space #indiedev #stellarcartography
Mini Starcarta update: I’ve improved the fidelity of protoplanetary disks and dust rings around stars. For a good example of one, let’s take a look at Fomalhaut!
#space #starcarta #indiedev
starcarta.app/o/gNnB
#space #starcarta #indiedev
starcarta.app/o/gNnB
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Mini Starcarta update: I’ve improved the fidelity of protoplanetary disks and dust rings around stars. For a good example of one, let’s take a look at Fomalhaut!
#space #starcarta #indiedev
starcarta.app/o/gNnB
#space #starcarta #indiedev
starcarta.app/o/gNnB
Starcarta Update 1.5!
- Now includes additional data and precision from GAIA DR3 data.
Let's have a look at HD 205160: starcarta.app/o/lxBd
In this case we can see radius, mass, temperature, age and luminosity, which isn't available in SIMBAD or Wikipedia data.
#starcarta #space #indiedev
- Now includes additional data and precision from GAIA DR3 data.
Let's have a look at HD 205160: starcarta.app/o/lxBd
In this case we can see radius, mass, temperature, age and luminosity, which isn't available in SIMBAD or Wikipedia data.
#starcarta #space #indiedev
March 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Starcarta Update 1.5!
- Now includes additional data and precision from GAIA DR3 data.
Let's have a look at HD 205160: starcarta.app/o/lxBd
In this case we can see radius, mass, temperature, age and luminosity, which isn't available in SIMBAD or Wikipedia data.
#starcarta #space #indiedev
- Now includes additional data and precision from GAIA DR3 data.
Let's have a look at HD 205160: starcarta.app/o/lxBd
In this case we can see radius, mass, temperature, age and luminosity, which isn't available in SIMBAD or Wikipedia data.
#starcarta #space #indiedev
Starcarta v 1.7 is out! 💫
I’m pretty excited about this release, and it has a feature which I’ve had as a long-term roadmap goal from the very beginning: Binary and multiple star orbits!
#space #starcarta #astronomy #indidev
I’m pretty excited about this release, and it has a feature which I’ve had as a long-term roadmap goal from the very beginning: Binary and multiple star orbits!
#space #starcarta #astronomy #indidev
July 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Starcarta v 1.7 is out! 💫
I’m pretty excited about this release, and it has a feature which I’ve had as a long-term roadmap goal from the very beginning: Binary and multiple star orbits!
#space #starcarta #astronomy #indidev
I’m pretty excited about this release, and it has a feature which I’ve had as a long-term roadmap goal from the very beginning: Binary and multiple star orbits!
#space #starcarta #astronomy #indidev
Starcarta 1.85! 💫
New Update!
- Nearby Systems List
#space #starcarta #indiedev
Nearby Systems: This drop-down will show you the 6 closest star systems to the one currently being viewed, along with how far they are. Giving you a really quick way to navigate there without just rotating the camera.
New Update!
- Nearby Systems List
#space #starcarta #indiedev
Nearby Systems: This drop-down will show you the 6 closest star systems to the one currently being viewed, along with how far they are. Giving you a really quick way to navigate there without just rotating the camera.
August 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Starcarta 1.85! 💫
New Update!
- Nearby Systems List
#space #starcarta #indiedev
Nearby Systems: This drop-down will show you the 6 closest star systems to the one currently being viewed, along with how far they are. Giving you a really quick way to navigate there without just rotating the camera.
New Update!
- Nearby Systems List
#space #starcarta #indiedev
Nearby Systems: This drop-down will show you the 6 closest star systems to the one currently being viewed, along with how far they are. Giving you a really quick way to navigate there without just rotating the camera.
🛰️ Starcarta Update 1.4!
✨ New:
- Star focus
Stars in multiple systems can be far apart making it difficult to zoom in. Now by clicking on a Star’s name, you can zoom in on that star and its planets. Clicking the Star’s name again toggles you back to the the System.
#space #astronomy #indiedev
✨ New:
- Star focus
Stars in multiple systems can be far apart making it difficult to zoom in. Now by clicking on a Star’s name, you can zoom in on that star and its planets. Clicking the Star’s name again toggles you back to the the System.
#space #astronomy #indiedev
October 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🛰️ Starcarta Update 1.4!
✨ New:
- Star focus
Stars in multiple systems can be far apart making it difficult to zoom in. Now by clicking on a Star’s name, you can zoom in on that star and its planets. Clicking the Star’s name again toggles you back to the the System.
#space #astronomy #indiedev
✨ New:
- Star focus
Stars in multiple systems can be far apart making it difficult to zoom in. Now by clicking on a Star’s name, you can zoom in on that star and its planets. Clicking the Star’s name again toggles you back to the the System.
#space #astronomy #indiedev
🇨🇦 Celebrating some Canadian science with the star TOI-1452. In 2022, a team at the Université de Montréal discovered a possible “water-world” super-Earth arxiv.org+15cfht.hawaii.edu+15montreal.ctvnews.ca+15 you can check it out on Starcarta: starcarta.app/?q=TOI-1452 #astronomy #exoplanets
July 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🇨🇦 Celebrating some Canadian science with the star TOI-1452. In 2022, a team at the Université de Montréal discovered a possible “water-world” super-Earth arxiv.org+15cfht.hawaii.edu+15montreal.ctvnews.ca+15 you can check it out on Starcarta: starcarta.app/?q=TOI-1452 #astronomy #exoplanets
Starcarta release 1.12!
Now w/Habitable Zones! So what is a star’s HZ? It’s the space around a star where a rocky planet can have surface water, assuming atmosphere & sufficient gravity. Avoiding either runaway greenhouses or where CO₂ can't keep the planet sufficiently warm. #space #starcarta (1/2)
Now w/Habitable Zones! So what is a star’s HZ? It’s the space around a star where a rocky planet can have surface water, assuming atmosphere & sufficient gravity. Avoiding either runaway greenhouses or where CO₂ can't keep the planet sufficiently warm. #space #starcarta (1/2)
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Starcarta release 1.12!
Now w/Habitable Zones! So what is a star’s HZ? It’s the space around a star where a rocky planet can have surface water, assuming atmosphere & sufficient gravity. Avoiding either runaway greenhouses or where CO₂ can't keep the planet sufficiently warm. #space #starcarta (1/2)
Now w/Habitable Zones! So what is a star’s HZ? It’s the space around a star where a rocky planet can have surface water, assuming atmosphere & sufficient gravity. Avoiding either runaway greenhouses or where CO₂ can't keep the planet sufficiently warm. #space #starcarta (1/2)
Starcarta version 1.06 released! 🌟
- URL now shows the system you're with a short code in for easy sharing.
System of day: Epsilon Tauri!
starcarta.app/?o=RvdN
With a great view of the star packed Hyades cluster, is the huge & super bright G-star Ain and planet Amateru. #starcarta #astronomy
- URL now shows the system you're with a short code in for easy sharing.
System of day: Epsilon Tauri!
starcarta.app/?o=RvdN
With a great view of the star packed Hyades cluster, is the huge & super bright G-star Ain and planet Amateru. #starcarta #astronomy
July 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Starcarta version 1.06 released! 🌟
- URL now shows the system you're with a short code in for easy sharing.
System of day: Epsilon Tauri!
starcarta.app/?o=RvdN
With a great view of the star packed Hyades cluster, is the huge & super bright G-star Ain and planet Amateru. #starcarta #astronomy
- URL now shows the system you're with a short code in for easy sharing.
System of day: Epsilon Tauri!
starcarta.app/?o=RvdN
With a great view of the star packed Hyades cluster, is the huge & super bright G-star Ain and planet Amateru. #starcarta #astronomy
HD 20781 has 4 known planets (2 Gas Giants and 2 Super-earths) and 9000au away is HD 20782, with at least 1 planet having the single highest eccentricity of all known exoplanets. Have a look at them in 3D on starcarta.app/o/QgvX. (2/2) #astronomy #space #starcarta
Starcarta
Explore the stars and planets of our local 200ly space in 3D. Discover star systems, planets, and their unique features. Search for celestial objects and learn about their properties in Starcarta.
starcarta.app
July 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
HD 20781 has 4 known planets (2 Gas Giants and 2 Super-earths) and 9000au away is HD 20782, with at least 1 planet having the single highest eccentricity of all known exoplanets. Have a look at them in 3D on starcarta.app/o/QgvX. (2/2) #astronomy #space #starcarta
Today’s system is HR 8799. It’s a young, 42 Million y/o F star ~130 ly away. Orbiting it are 4 Jupiter-sized planets which were imaged by Christian Marois and team of the Canadian NRC's 🇨🇦 Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics. Check it out in Starcarta starcarta.app/?q=HD%20218396. #space #astronomy
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today’s system is HR 8799. It’s a young, 42 Million y/o F star ~130 ly away. Orbiting it are 4 Jupiter-sized planets which were imaged by Christian Marois and team of the Canadian NRC's 🇨🇦 Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics. Check it out in Starcarta starcarta.app/?q=HD%20218396. #space #astronomy
Lastly, 36 Ophiuchi (20 ly away) has three very similar K-type stars, with A also named Guniibuu and C a good candidate to study for new planets. starcarta.app/o/CLVcj
Have fun exploring starcarta.app.
#space #starcarta #indiedev
Have fun exploring starcarta.app.
#space #starcarta #indiedev
36 Ophiuchi - 19.4 ly | Starcarta
36 Ophiuchi is a nearby star system at 19.4 light-years from Earth. It is a 3-star system containing K-type star 36 Ophiuchi C, K-type star 36 Ophiuchi B and K-type star Guniibuu.
starcarta.app
August 1, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Lastly, 36 Ophiuchi (20 ly away) has three very similar K-type stars, with A also named Guniibuu and C a good candidate to study for new planets. starcarta.app/o/CLVcj
Have fun exploring starcarta.app.
#space #starcarta #indiedev
Have fun exploring starcarta.app.
#space #starcarta #indiedev
Starcarta 1.8!
Building on the Really Cool Orbits update (which added multi-star orbit paths to show you how Stars actually orbit each other inside a system) is a new Starcarta release including...
Building on the Really Cool Orbits update (which added multi-star orbit paths to show you how Stars actually orbit each other inside a system) is a new Starcarta release including...
August 1, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Starcarta 1.8!
Building on the Really Cool Orbits update (which added multi-star orbit paths to show you how Stars actually orbit each other inside a system) is a new Starcarta release including...
Building on the Really Cool Orbits update (which added multi-star orbit paths to show you how Stars actually orbit each other inside a system) is a new Starcarta release including...
StarCarta 2.1!
New update today focuses more on the naming of stars which I touched on last year: bsky.app/profile/stev...
I’m now pulling in IAU (International Astronomical Union) names for stars and exoplanets.
exopla.net/star-names/m...
#starcarta #space
starcarta.app
New update today focuses more on the naming of stars which I touched on last year: bsky.app/profile/stev...
I’m now pulling in IAU (International Astronomical Union) names for stars and exoplanets.
exopla.net/star-names/m...
#starcarta #space
starcarta.app
September 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
StarCarta 2.1!
New update today focuses more on the naming of stars which I touched on last year: bsky.app/profile/stev...
I’m now pulling in IAU (International Astronomical Union) names for stars and exoplanets.
exopla.net/star-names/m...
#starcarta #space
starcarta.app
New update today focuses more on the naming of stars which I touched on last year: bsky.app/profile/stev...
I’m now pulling in IAU (International Astronomical Union) names for stars and exoplanets.
exopla.net/star-names/m...
#starcarta #space
starcarta.app
So why do stars have multiple names like HD 122303, Gliese 536, HIP 68469, Luyten 979-36, or telephone book entries like Gaia DR1 3657653144944789504? Let's dig into it... starcarta.app?q=HD%20122303
(1/6) #space #starcarta #asronomy
(1/6) #space #starcarta #asronomy
July 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So why do stars have multiple names like HD 122303, Gliese 536, HIP 68469, Luyten 979-36, or telephone book entries like Gaia DR1 3657653144944789504? Let's dig into it... starcarta.app?q=HD%20122303
(1/6) #space #starcarta #asronomy
(1/6) #space #starcarta #asronomy
In the meantime, check out starcarta.app to explore the nearest 200 ly of stars and planets on the web, always ad-free and no subs. And if you’re @nasa, @canadianspaceagency, @pbs or a science educator and want to partner with me, drop me a line!
#starcarta #space
#starcarta #space
Starcarta
Explore the stars and planets of our local 200ly space in 3D. Discover star systems, planets, and their unique features. Search for celestial objects and learn about their properties in Starcarta.
starcarta.app
May 18, 2026 at 3:21 AM
In the meantime, check out starcarta.app to explore the nearest 200 ly of stars and planets on the web, always ad-free and no subs. And if you’re @nasa, @canadianspaceagency, @pbs or a science educator and want to partner with me, drop me a line!
#starcarta #space
#starcarta #space
Server Woes for Starcarta
I knew I was pushing it a little bit with a DB-heavy Hobby Vercel account, but it looks like a scraper hit my endpoint for 20GB throughput in a day and my database for 237 GB - which disabled the site.
1/3
I knew I was pushing it a little bit with a DB-heavy Hobby Vercel account, but it looks like a scraper hit my endpoint for 20GB throughput in a day and my database for 237 GB - which disabled the site.
1/3
June 29, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Server Woes for Starcarta
I knew I was pushing it a little bit with a DB-heavy Hobby Vercel account, but it looks like a scraper hit my endpoint for 20GB throughput in a day and my database for 237 GB - which disabled the site.
1/3
I knew I was pushing it a little bit with a DB-heavy Hobby Vercel account, but it looks like a scraper hit my endpoint for 20GB throughput in a day and my database for 237 GB - which disabled the site.
1/3
Finally, along with the interesting, deeply cultural names, we also get adoptions of fun ones like Speedy Mic starcarta.app/o/CHSrR. Yes, there’s an officially named star called Speedy Mic, which I can’t wait to read about in some kind of sci-fi story.
So check out these and more at starcarta.app
So check out these and more at starcarta.app
Speedy Mic - 166.4 ly | Starcarta
Speedy Mic is within our local stellar region at 166.4 light-years from Earth. It is a K-type star with an effective temperature of approximately 4609K.
starcarta.app
September 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Finally, along with the interesting, deeply cultural names, we also get adoptions of fun ones like Speedy Mic starcarta.app/o/CHSrR. Yes, there’s an officially named star called Speedy Mic, which I can’t wait to read about in some kind of sci-fi story.
So check out these and more at starcarta.app
So check out these and more at starcarta.app
And now, in Starcarta I’ve added a section to include the name origin for any stars in the IAU database, link back to the reference, and the original script when possible. These include origins in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Sanskrit, and Cherokee.
Noquisi / ᏃᏈᏏ (ex Ross 905)
starcarta.app/o/GKpmn
Noquisi / ᏃᏈᏏ (ex Ross 905)
starcarta.app/o/GKpmn
September 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
And now, in Starcarta I’ve added a section to include the name origin for any stars in the IAU database, link back to the reference, and the original script when possible. These include origins in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Sanskrit, and Cherokee.
Noquisi / ᏃᏈᏏ (ex Ross 905)
starcarta.app/o/GKpmn
Noquisi / ᏃᏈᏏ (ex Ross 905)
starcarta.app/o/GKpmn