SkEye | Astronomy 9.8.0

Major change!
The app now lets the user update the comet data through the internet without waiting for me to package a new release. To update the data go to Settings -> Catalogs -> Comets and click "Update".
Note: This feature requires the Internet permission. I resisted adding the feature for so long because I wanted to avoid the Internet permission. But given that interesting comets have been appearing in quick succession, I had to support this feature along with the additional permission.

SkEye is a planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.

Get familiar with the sky by identifying stars, planets, and constellations. For the dedicated sky-gazers there are meteor showers, bright comets and deep sky objects from the Messier and NGC catalogs.

If you have a telescope, just strap the phone onto the OTA to get a PUSHTO guide!

‣ Features

• Time machine : Jump to any date in past or future

• Real time Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial coordinates

• Messier objects

• mini-NGC catalog (subset of ~180 bright objects)

• Solar system objects including all 8 planets and the 4 Galilean moons

• Meteor showers, including Perseids, Geminids, Leonids

• Night Mode

• Search, with a guiding arrow

• Alt-Azimuth, Equatorial grid

• Aligned mode, for PUSHTO guidance

‣ Queries?

Send an email to

hi.skeye@gmail.com

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‣ Tips:

• For better accuracy, calibrate the magnetic sensors by waving the phone in a figure-8 motion of your hands.

• For advanced use read:

lavadip.com/skeye/docs.html

• If you would like to help with translations:

crowdin.com/project/skeye

‣ App Permissions

• Location: to determine accurate position of celestial objects

• Bluetooth: to support remote sensors