Stargazer

Stargazer was built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2016 hackathon in NYC.

Stargazer offers daily reports on tonight's weather, moon phase, star and planetary activity, the location of the International Space Station, and asteroid activity near earth. With stargazer, you'll always know where to point your telescope.

Users can download Stargazer for Amazon Echo, iOS and Android, visit the website, or receive Stargazer's daily report via text.

"Alexa, launch Stargazer."

Multiplatform

• Amazon Echo Alexa skill
• iOS app
• Android app
• Web: star-gazer.herokuapp.com
• Twilio: sign up for a daily text message on the website.

Contributors

• Jesse Sessler • Github: jemise111 • Twitter: @jsessler
• Liza Ramo • Github: LizaLemons • Twitter: @LizaRamo

Technology • Backend

APIs:

• NASA Astroid API
• NASA International Space Station API
• Aeris Weather API
• Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Open Weather Map

Other:

• Backend is hosted on Microsoft Azure
• Twilio provided messaging service

Technology • Amazon Echo

• Alexa custom skill
• Amazon Lambda

Technology • iOS and Android app

• Frontend built with React Native

Technology • web app

• Frontend hosted on Heroku
• Frontend built with React