The Observatory
The sky above Dubai, right now.
Every point below is a real star in its true position at this exact moment — computed live, the way navigators once read it. One of them is Venus, the evening star. Our mark is drawn from it.
observatory / dubai · 25.20°N 55.27°E
LiveA live map of the night sky above Dubai showing real star positions, the Moon, and Venus — the evening star.
Dubai time
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- Venus · the evening star
- Below the horizon — drag time toward dusk to raise it.
- Moon
- 0% lit
- Sun
- Below the horizon
- Stars above the horizon
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Tap a bright star for its nameplate — most of the classical names are Arabic in origin.
01The instrument
Computed in your browser, every time you look.
Positions computed in your browser · star data: Yale Bright Star Catalog · accuracy within a fraction of a degree
02The fixed point
Why an evening star.
Before instruments, builders and navigators fixed their course to the first steady light of the evening sky. This is the promise in our name: the systems we engineer are meant to be that fixed point — quiet, precise, exactly where they should be.
If you can imagine it, we engineer it.
Tell us what you are building. We reply within one business day.