Astrocraft: Realistic Night Skies
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The crescent moon next to the sun, still up during the day.
The spyglass reveals Jupiter's moons.
The moon turns red during a rare lunar eclipse.
Four moons can be visible beside Jupiter when using a spyglass.
A close up of Jupiter through a very zoomed in spyglass. With enough zoom, planets can be rendered with textures.
Two shooting stars radiating from a single point
You can see the shadow move across the moon, as it turns red and dims
The Milky Way is brighter from high up.
An annular eclipse occurs when the moon is perfectly aligned with the sun, but the moon is too far away to fully eclipse the sun. This forms a ring showing the edges of the sun. Total and partial solar eclipses can also happen.
The five main planets, from left to right: Mercury (white), Venus (white), Mars (red), Jupiter (yellow), Saturn (green).
The center of the galaxy, located near Sagittarius / Scorpius. The Great Rift is visible.
When the moon is eclipsed, moonlight will dim.