Celestial atlas Animated HTML website template

The sample page

Southsight. Stargazing app and nights, Lake Tekapo.

The idea

Tekapo’s night becomes an engraved atlas plate that turns hour by hour around the south celestial pole, with every star in its real place.

What to try

Scroll to move through tonight’s hours until sunrise, then press “Back to now” to return to the sky as it is right now.

Made for

Apps, observatories, tourism and astronomy

Palette

• #0A1020
• #0F1A2F
• #F0E7D0
• #BDB197
• #DB9460
• #8EA5CB

Typefaces

EB Garamond + Pinyon Script

Cultural notes

• Real catalogue stars in their computed place for Tekapo; figures drawn by us, no plates copied.
• No Māori star names or star lore, and no Māori symbols.
• Southern hemisphere: November is spring, and all useful text meets AA contrast.

The HTML

What you download

• A single index.html file with nothing to install: open it, swap in your brand and copy, and upload it to your hosting.
• In English and Spanish, tested on desktop and mobile.
• Instructions for changing copy, colors, language and prices, plus its license.