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Planets Tonight

Which naked-eye planets are up now or tonight, on a sky dome or a list with rise/set times.

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At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).

Settings6every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourceplanets.pysrc/deskdot/apps/planets.py

Settings

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Layout`layout`	choice	Sky dome	Sky domeList
Sky at`when`	choice	Tonight	TonightRight now
Show the moon`show_moon`	on/off	On	on / off
List planets below the horizon`show_below`List layout.	on/off	Off	on / off
24-hour times`hour24`	on/off	On	on / off
Seconds per label`page_seconds`	whole number	3	2 – 15

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview planets --settings '{"layout":"list"}' --out planets.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/planets/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Planets Tonight on my panel”. It calls show_app with "planets". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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