Planet X Hunter
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Planet X Hunter

A public tool for exploring NASA SPHEREx infrared images of the sky and seeing what changes between visits.

Team Ninth Vanguard. Built for NASA Space Apps 2026, challenge “Planet X and SPHEREx”.

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Data

  • SPHEREx data: NASA/JPL-Caltech, IRSA
  • AllWISE: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA, IRSA
  • Gaia DR3: ESA/Gaia/DPAC
  • Stars on the globe: ESA Hipparcos (van Leeuwen 2007) via VizieR, CDS; names from d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn
  • Sky viewer: Aladin Lite, CDS Strasbourg (LGPL-3.0)

Full credits and licences

Interface components from shadcn/ui, Cult UI, Watermelon UI and Skiper UI.

Source code on GitHub