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@skymapper.bsky.social

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SkyMapper.io merges advanced telescope and camera tech with Web3 to make space exploration collaborative and accessible for everyone, empowering the world to map and share the sky together.

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SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 13h

The new & improved SkyMapper website is live!

Discover our vision, products & the world’s first #DePIN telescope network 🌌

Join the movement to map the sky, all the time: skymapper.io

SkyMapper | Real-Time Web3 Astronomy Platform & Decentralized Celestial Data

SkyMapper.io is a cutting-edge astronomical platform combining advanced telescope technology with Web3 innovation to provide real-time, decentralized access to comprehensive celestial data. Explore th...

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 1d

Moments like this don’t happen every day 💫

Our CEO @allplanets.bsky.social met the legendary Jill Tarter - founder of @setiinstitute.bsky.social - as she received the @calacademy.bsky.social Fellows Medal.

And she loved the idea of @skymapper.bsky.social and decentralized astronomy! 🌌

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 1d

Our beta testers are busy.

Tonight’s observation comes from Chemin de la Forêt, Feurs, in France’s beautiful Rhône-Alpes region, nestled between the Monts du Lyonnais and the Forez mountains.

Perfect skies, perfect data!

#SkyMapper #BetaTesting #Astronomy

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 2d

🌍🛰️ Space is vast but low-Earth orbit is crowded.

Check out this real-time 3D map of every satellite & piece of debris circling our planet: stuffin.space

A beautiful and sobering reminder of how much we’ve already filled the sky.

#WorldSpaceWeek

Stuff in Space | stuffin.space

Stuff in Space is a realtime 3D map of objects in Earth orbit, visualized using WebGL.

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 5d

SkyMapper had its public debut today at Boise State!

Our CEO @allplanets.bsky.social presented our decentralized telescope network, while Lauren Sgro shared insights on #LaserSETI and how its data could live on decentralized platforms like Akave.

The Stellar Collective conference was lit!

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 6d

Instead of a few observatories controlling the sky, SkyMapper scales discovery across a global, collaborative network.

From supernovae to satellites - we make it possible to map all the sky, all the time 🌌

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 6d

#SkySphere is an advanced all-sky camera for continuous monitoring.

✔️ Captures high-res scientific images
✔️ FITS-ready for analysis
✔️ Feeds into the decentralized network for both astronomy & security

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 6d

#SkyViewer is our streamlined interface for remote observing.

✔️ Auto time + location setup
✔️ One-click alignment
✔️ Dispatches tasks to available telescopes across the network

Observing science is now as easy as clicking “Go.”

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 6d

#SkyBridge is a device that connects personal telescopes to the network.

✔️ In beta with @unistellar.bsky.social scopes now
✔️ Runs on-board analysis + AI
✔️ Owners keep their data & can take back manual control anytime

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 6d

SkyMapper links personal telescopes worldwide into a real-time observation network.

▶️Professionals, enthusiasts + citizen scientists contribute.
▶️Data is shared, verified, and automated.
▶️The result: faster, coordinated discoveries.

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 6d

Astronomy is entering a new era🌌

Not through bigger single telescopes, but through networks of telescopes - connected, coordinated, and decentralized.

That’s what we’re building with @skymapper.bsky.social
- a global #DePIN for #Astronomy 👇

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 7d

Our network logged its first fully automated observation: Supernova SN 2025rbs.

Captured Sept 27 + processed end-to-end through our pipeline - fading light and all.

Decentralized astronomy is here. #DePIN #Astronomy

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 7d

What’s 4,000 Giza Pyramids in size and racing through our solar system at incredible speed?

Comet 3I/ATLAS - now estimated at 33 billion tons!

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 7d

Anyone can dive into #astronomy with our #SkyViewer platform.

Our Head of Marketing got so excited hopping between targets he didn’t leave the exposure long enough 😅 Still managed to catch the Dumbbell, Ring Nebulas & a sharp shot of the Moon.

The sky is for everyone!

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 7d

Last week, @setiinstitute.bsky.social astronomer Ryan Lambert presented at Stanford's Bay Area Planetary Science Group how the @unistellar.bsky.social + SETI #citizenscience network helps reveal asteroid shapes.

He also spotlighted how SkyMapper can scale the number & diversity of measurements.

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 8d

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗖/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝟲 (𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻) ☄️

Captured by a #SkyViewer beta tester in France using another beta tester’s telescope in Japan! 🔭

Space has no borders and now, with @skymapper.bsky.social - astronomy doesn’t either.

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 9d

Big day for #DePIN 🎉

The SEC's first no-action letter for a DePIN project confirms that tokens tied to real infrastructure are not securities.

DePIN just stepped away from speculation towards legitimacy.

cointelegraph.com/news/sec-cle...

SEC clears DePIN tokens as ‘fundamentally’ outside jurisdiction

A rare SEC no-action letter signalled it won’t police crypto tokens tied to physical network infrastructure, with Commissioner Hester Peirce saying they’re outside the agency’s remit.

cointelegraph.com

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 9d

The Northern lights can interfere with observations but they're so pretty to look at!

Sometimes, you don't even need a telescope for the best view 😍

#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 9d

🌌 The striking Iris Nebula captured by a #SkyViewer beta tester.

Taken from New Zealand, where it’s never visible!

That’s the magic of @skymapper.bsky.social - you’re no longer limited by your horizon.

The sky is global. Now, our access to it is too.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #DePIN

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 12d

“What if a piece of Earth was floating out there as an asteroid?”

On #SETILive, @allplanets.bsky.social and @asrivkin.bsky.social explored asteroid 2024 YR4 and its 4% chance of hitting the Moon in 2032.

A risk for satellites, but a rare gift for science.

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mj4...

Lunar Impact? Asteroid 2024 YR4 and the Risk to the Moon

YouTube video by SETI Institute

www.youtube.com

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 13d

Messier 13, the Great Globular Cluster, in Hercules captured in all its beauty by our #SkyViewer beta tester Karen Fischer.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 13d

What if an asteroid had a 4% chance of hitting the Moon?

Our CEO @allplanets.bsky.social joins Dr. Andy Rivkin to break down asteroid 2024 YR4, the risks, and how #JWST is helping us refine its orbit.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mj4...

Lunar Impact? Asteroid 2024 YR4 and the Risk to the Moon

YouTube video by SETI Institute

www.youtube.com

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 13d

🌠 Comet 3I (C/2025 ATLAS) - only the 3rd known interstellar comet.

#Astronomers everywhere are uniting to track it. With our decentralized network, pros + citizen scientists can unlock its secrets together.

www.skymapper.io/blog-comet-3...

BLOG: Comet 3I/ATLAS is unifying scientific discovery

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is transforming space discovery. See how SkyMapper and global astronomers reveal its origins and rare composition.

www.skymapper.io

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 14d

Centralized systems create bottlenecks and trust gaps. A decentralized network means open, verifiable sky data, so discoveries can be trusted, shared, and built on by all. 🌌 #DePIN

cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik...

Vitalik calls for open-source infrastructure in health, finance, governance

Vitalik Buterin urges open-source, verifiable infrastructure across healthcare, finance and governance, warning that centralized, opaque systems erode trust and security.

cointelegraph.com

SkyMapper @skymapper.bsky.social · 14d

#NASA just confirmed 6,000 exoplanets

To truly study them, astronomers need more than a few scopes-they need a global network watching the skies together. Like the one we're building at #SkyMapper

www.spaceconnectonline.com.au/r-d/6729-wer...

‘We’re entering the next great chapter of exploration’: NASA confirms discovery of 6k exoplanets

NASA confirms that the tally of exoplanets in the Milky Way galaxy has surpassed 6,000, only 30 years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi B.

www.spaceconnectonline.com.au