What Reddit Says About Astronomy Apps

... I cant believe i didnt see SIMBAD nowhere on here 🤯😬🫠 precise astronomy data, use NASA, ESA (for Gaia), SIMBAD, and AAS Nova, while for general learning & stunning visuals, HubbleSite.org, Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Sky ...

Any help would be appreciated:) Share ... Google Cal, you can subscribe to the New York Time's Astronomy Calendar. It keeps up to date with everything from meteor showers and eclipses to important rocket launches, while not listing so many events ...

Astronomer here! Teaching astrophysics class this year… taught by three! ... The amateur hobby of humanity since the dawn of time and scientific study of celestial objects. ... Check out this stargazing app I built!

Sky Guide, hands down the best astronomy app there is.

This website is also good and also has an app that lets you move your phone to point to where the satellite will appear: https://www.heavens-above.com/ ... If you have an android, DSO Planner is the best.

Every time i check the night sky app it’s always under me (Georgia, Caucasus mountains) ... The amateur hobby of humanity since the dawn of time and scientific study of celestial objects.

15 votes, 16 comments. I don't have any telescope just to look at what is visible naturally and know what I am looking at. I came across two choices…

The number one astronomy app that’s a must get and that you absolutely need is Sky Guide. Even though it’s only for IOS, it’s literally the best astronomy app that you can find out there

It's my everyday use app too, but it's a bit daunting for beginners. ... I'm surprised no one has mentioned SkySafari. It is the hands down most complete astronomy app out there, available for both iOS and Android. The cheapest version is rather limited, though (enough for naked eye/b...

Probably worth mentioning that I used these apps with binoculars for a long time. In more recent years I have been using them with a 10" Dob. That perhaps affects required features and how deep databases need to go, navigation options etc. Continue this thread Continue this thread Continue this...

SkySafari 7 Plus is brilliant value right now at $US9.99. It has pretty much everything you need as a visual astronomer. It has good information about a lot of prominent objects. It's what I use on my phone and tablet.

Star Walk 2 is good too and has beautiful artistic renderings of the constellations. The monthly Sky & Telescope Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast is short and sweet and a wonderful resource for beginners.

Google "the sky this week" and your first results should be from sky & telescope and astronomy magazine (one is called this week's sky at a glance or something) and, as the search suggests, they give a blurb for each day of the week and what interesting things there are to look at...

Nothing worse than wanting to go and shoot a new target only to realize it never rises above a tree in your neighbors yard. ... Star walk 2. If you want to identify objects in the sky, I recommend it, because I've been using it for about 4 years.

Well-worth the spare change. ... I use SkyPortal and SkyView Free. Both are free ... Somewhat. SkyPortal is more useful if you know what you're looking for (like the name of the star/planet/whatever) and just want to locate it. SkyView is more useful if you just want to point your phone camera ...

Mobile Observatory may not be the prettiest app but it has a lot of features. It can even tell you in which position Jupiter's (Galilean) moons are, so that you can tell which one is which when watching Jupiter through a telescope. ... I love Google Sky Map. It has plenty of features, it works ...

I use SkySafari 7+… it has a huge database of targets, along with a ton of other features that allow you to create observing lists based on your criteria, you can download curated lists, you can create observation logs, you can configure the display to match your sky conditions, etc… etc… I have tri...

I don't own the paid version of Stellarium, which makes it a little hard to compare, but SkySafari Plus is a great investment, and Pro gives you an absolutely huge catalog. I've found both to be worth the money.