Show a map of the current sky above you, showing the equatorial, ecliptic, galactic and horizon planes:

Show the sky above you on a given date, adding a background image:

Show an area of the sky around the star Betelgeuse:

Add constellation illustrations and remove the equatorial, ecliptic and galactic planes:

Visualize the neighborhood of the galactic center:

Compute weekly positions of Mars from January 2022 to July 2023:

Part of the trajectory was in retrograde motion:

Construct the analemma of the Sun, formed by its positions every day at a fixed time for a year:

Draw weekly positions, here shown over the sky of a date close to the vernal equinox:

Show the same analemma over the sky of a date close to the summer solstice:

Plot the positions of Venus at noon, every day over a period of 8 years:

Show the southern sky at 2pm at your location:

Observe the transit of Venus in front of Jupiter, November 22, 2065, better viewed near the South Pole:

Visualize an annular solar eclipse:

Visualize the famous eclipse used by Eddington to confirm Einstein's prediction of light deflection:

Compute the position of Mars on this date:

By default, the background in AstroGraphics shows the current region of the sky corresponding to the computed coordinates of Mars, which is not the region of the sky where Mars was on the observation date:

Specify the date of observation to show the correct region of the sky, near the ecliptic, where Mars was on that date, with the automatic background label for Mars now appearing: