Tell Me About Space uses your location to show you what celestial events and objects are visible to you.
Your location is never shared and all calculations are done on your device. Read our privacy policy.
Use location CancelThis application collects information about your visit and what you do while during your visit. This policy describes how information collected from you or your device, or information that you provide, will be handled.
This application does not ask for personal information from you. If you’ve been asked for personal information on behalf of this application, you are being scammed.
Last Updated 2020/11/15.
Like millions of other apps and websites, this application gathers data about how people use the site using a third-party service.
Newer versions of this app use a service called Microsoft Clarity.
Clarity records data such as:
This data is used to understand what pages on this site are visited, what visitors are reading, as well as to improve the site based on common types of devices used (screen size, resolution, etc).
You can use a browser extension to block this type of tracking, such as Ghostery, uBlock Origin, or others (this is not an endorsement or an implication of any security or features of the listed plugins).
Like millions of other apps and websites, this application gathers data about how people use the site using a third-party service.
Older versions of this app use a service called Google Analytics. Tell Me About Space is phasing out the use of this service, but some older versions may still include it.
Google Analytics records data such as:
This data is used to understand what pages on this site are visited, what visitors are reading, as well as to improve the site based on common types of devices used (screen size, resolution, etc).
You can view the Google Analytics terms of service (which governs how the data collected by Google Analytics can be used) here.
You can use a browser extension to block this type of tracking, such as Google Analytics Opt-out, Ghostery, uBlock Origin, or others (this is not an endorsement or an implication of any security or features of the listed plugins).
Google Adsense is a third-party service provided by Google that shows tailored ads. This site shows ads in order to help offset the costs of being online.
Google Adsense may track your preferences and interests across the Internet through various means including cookies.
You can opt out of interest targeting and tracking on Google’s Ads Settings page by clicking here.
You can opt out of ads entirely by using an ad blocking browser extension or similar utility, such as uBlock Origin (this is not an endorsement of uBlock Origin). Keep in mind that sites such as this one use ad revenue to offset the costs of being online.
Third-party services, such as Google Analytics, used by this site may store something called “cookies” on your device. “Cookies” are small pieces of information sent to your browser and stored on your device, and reported back to the application when you load pages.
Data stored in cookies can include anonymised data about your visit such as how you use the site, the URL of the application you came from if you clicked on a link to get to this application, your IP address, and how often and for how long you use the site. Cookies expire after varying periods of time.
Specifically, cookies used by this site are:
Using your browser’s options, you are free to delete these cookies or block them entirely at any time.
This app may request access to your location to provide location-aware information about astronomy such as sunrise and moonrise times where you are. Your location information is not stored on the website that powers this app.
Whether you allow this app to access your location is entirely up to you. The app may not show all of its features without access to your location.
If you grant the app permission to access your location, you can revoke it later using your browser or phone’s permissions.
Additional information may be collected by webserver logs or other logs on the server this site runs on. This information may include your IP address, the page(s) you visited, and when you visited them. This information does not contain personal details.
This information is not shared, but is used to take proactive measures to ensure the security and stability of the application, and may be used to gather aggregate metrics about site traffic.
You cannot opt out.