How to Use ESASky

ESASky is a scientific discovery portal designed to meet the evolving needs of the astronomical community. It provides full access to the entire sky as observed with space, ground based and multi-messenger astronomy missions.

Short videos on how to use the tool are shown below and the general documentation can be found here.

LATEST UPDATES IN ESASKY (2024)	How to load any background sky (HIPS) in ESASky
WHAT'S NEW IN ESASKY IN 2023?	Announcing ESASky version 5.0: Access to VizieR and more Data Centres!
WHAT'S NEW IN ESASKY IN 2022?	pyESASky: The Jupyter Widget for ESASky
WHAT'S NEW IN ESASKY IN 2021?	ESA Science Seminar: ESASky, a tool for all astronomers
EAS 2021 PRESENTATION: EXPLORING ESASKY	WHAT'S NEW IN ESASKY IN 2020?
JupyterCon 2020 Presentation: Exploring the Universe with ESASky's JupyterLab widget	EAS 2020 Presentation: ESASky, ESA's interface to Astronomical Data
How to find and download science-ready data with ESASky	WHAT'S NEW IN ESASKY (Nov 2019)?
How to use ESASky in Science Mode	How to use ESASky in Explorer Mode
How to search for scientific publications with ESASky	How to download science-ready images and spectra for one target in ESASky
How to visualise the sky in different wavelengths using ESASky	How to visualise a target list in ESASky
How to Visualise the full sky coverage of a mission using ESASky	How to plan future JWST observations
How to search for Solar System Objects in ESASky	How to query ESASky with a python script using astroquery: Cone Search
How to Query ESASky with a python script using astroquery: Single Object	Even Cats like ESASky