So, I am on my initial climb out in the A32nx from Boise to Lost Wages, Nevada. Real weather selected and in my front wind screen I see a RED DOT!
On a whim I pull out my phone and access the APP Skyview LITE (Free) I aim the phone / APP to the same direction I am flying and BAM! MARS!
CHEERS ALL!
Most people donāt even notice it, but the sky is accurate. You can navigate using it, if desired. GPS is easieršSome stars are perhaps a little dim but if you bring up Sky Portal and align it with your view, itās all there.
Pretty cool huh!
Yup!
My only complaint is I canāt see most of the sky IRL where I live like in the sim.
I found a rainbow today approaching a shower and had the same reaction. That happens in real flying all the time but was not expecting it with the sim.
Now if we only had auroras.
As a astrophotographer myself I used to use msfs when I used to fly to see what was outside before I actually would walk outside at 3am to take photos of Pleiades and andromeda etc quite amazing
Iāve noticed Betelgeuse is getting brighter too.
I wanna see a high definition skyā¦for me, it looks a picture in low-res. When we zoom at the stars, it get closerā¦in real life, when looking to the sky with binoculars, the stars do not change. But it is only details that would make the experience, for me, a lil more realistic.
But I am also happy with the accuracy of the sky.
Having studied Astronomy at University, this was one of the first things I noticed when the sim came out. I found that pretty cool. I flew an approach recently and had the Orion Constellation right in front of me where it was supposed to be
You can even find solar eclipses in MSFS.. just look them up, check a location on the āpathā of the eclipse, set the clock.. and off you go.. sun in half
They could do to brighten up the asterisms and make the red giants stand out a bit more. Then maybe even brighten up the planets.
You mean it was getting brighter. What you see of that particular star happened ~643 years ago.
Was it January 22nd? If it was later weāll still see it getting brighter.
I have stopped using a magnetic compass in an engraved wooden box and my sextant for the stars and printed maps to find the nearest airport since Carenado started to implement the GTN750 into every planeā¦ 
And if the Sun no longer shines, how long before the earth knew it happened? It would take time for the light to travel to be visible, so does this mean we live in the Days of Future Passed?
We would know in eight minutes and 20 seconds.
This might interest you: a streaming series using celestial navigation!
Streamers Alyson Johnson and Capt Arash have been recreating Amelia Earheartās 1937 flight
Orion and Scorpio are esealy recognisable 
They are planned in future release but no time line
When I Navigate, I use URANUS! 
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