Explore the universe, from Zimbabwe
The official app of the Zimbabwe Astronomical Society. See what’s up tonight over your town, catch every eclipse and meteor shower, and learn the southern sky one short lesson at a time.
Inside the app
What you can do
- Find the planets tonight
- Where the Moon and the five bright planets are, when they rise and set, for Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Gweru, Masvingo, Victoria Falls, Kariba and Beitbridge.
- Fly around the Solar System
- All eight planets where they really are today. Spin it, pinch to zoom from the Moon out to the Voyagers, and run time forwards or backwards.
- Never miss an eclipse
- Eclipses, meteor showers and planet meetings to the end of 2027, worked out for Zimbabwe with times in CAT, and a reminder before each one.
- Learn and earn a certificate
- 19 lessons written by ZAS, free to read here. Pass the quizzes in the app for a certificate you can save as a PDF.
- See what the telescopes see
- Pictures from Webb, Hubble, ESO and NASA, each with the story behind it. They work offline.
- Turn the whole app red so your eyes stay used to the dark while you observe. This button tries it on this page.
Install it on Android
- Tap Download for Android on your phone.
- Open the downloaded file. If asked, allow your browser to install apps.
- Tap Install, then Open.
For phones with 64-bit (arm64) processors, which covers almost every Android phone made since 2017. Other phones can use the universal APK (112 MB). SHA-256 of the main APK: d0934c1ef62fa5be46d575017c01870edff25f909a1222f85e7fdf52946ca964