What Are Celestial Journeys?
Celestial Journeys are interactive challenges that guide you through the discoveries hidden in the night sky. Each journey focuses on one clear goal, like finding a constellation, tracing the Sun’s path through the stars, or identifying a moving planet.
To make these discoveries accessible, we provide a digital planetarium designed specifically for observation and exploration. It allows students to move forward through time, mark positions in the sky, and watch how the patterns change from night to night.
These tools help overcome some of the challenges that come with observing the real sky — weather, time of day, or light pollution — while still allowing students to experience the process of discovery.
We hope the journeys serve as a starting point. Once students understand what to look for, many of these same observations can be made outside under the real sky.
Free Companion Guide
Get more out of every journey
This free guide helps you support each Celestial Journey with simple prompts and helpful context before, during, and after the activity.
- Instructions:How to set up each journey with clarity and confidence.
- Questions:Prompts to spark conversation and guide reflection.
- Key Takeaways:Core concepts to help students connect the dots.
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The Journey Ahead
Your path to understanding the solar system.
Find the Constellations
Learn to recognize patterns in the night sky.
The Unmoving Star
Find the star that stays fixed while the sky turns.
Trace the Sun’s Path
Watch how the Sun moves through the constellations.
Follow the Moon
Observe how the Moon moves through the sky and changes from night to night.
Discover the Wanderers
Learn how to spot the planets and tell them apart from the stars.