![]() Again, maybe the android version is better, but Sky Safari Plus or Pro on iOS is a proper observing app and Stellarium is not. It does have some nice features (such as the altitude graph of a given object - something Sky Safari has but poorly implements - and the planetary visibility list) and the UI is a lot cleaner than Sky Safari, but it's not even in the same league of application that Sky Safari is. Stellarium apps for telescope control - posted in Astronomy Software & Computers: I was looking at these 2 apps for wifi control of my EQ6R pro. of view of lenses with focal lengths that you define (e.g., 24mm, 50mm, or 500mm). Sky Safari has more options, but some of the defaults (graphics, sounds, animations) were just annoying (to me YMMV), so it's taken a while to get used to it. It is nearly perfect and it works very well as a control application with a laptop using Stellarium. Popular astronomy apps include Stellarium, SkySafari, and Star Walk. It only tries to approximate this through the light pollution setting, but it's very rough and not anywhere near as accurate as Sky Safari's limiting magnitude feature I used to prefer the original iteration of Stellarium, but the more recent version that they used for the Plus version seems a bit clunkier. No ability to directly customize limiting magnitude of DSOs or stars, which makes it impossible to match what you see in the app to what you see in the finder scope or eyepiece. It does have some nice features (such as the altitude graph of a given object - something Sky Safari has but poorly implements - and the planetary visibility list) and the UI is a lot cleaner than Sky Safari, but it's not even in the same league of application that Sky Safari is. Stellarium boasts that it is the most realistic sky map to observe stars, planets and constellations It also will show you an accurate night sky map, and lets you identify a star or other. depending on your phone's operating system (iOS or Android), including a mobile version of Stellarium. No ability to define equipment or show multiple field of view circles at once Maybe you're on Android and that version of the app is better, but the iOS version is missing critical features that I would expect from a $10 app: Well, your comment made me curious so I blew $9.99 on the Plus version of Stellarium for my iPhone, and it's a massive waste of money.
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