SkEye Planetarium | Astronomy

SkEye is an advanced Planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.

Ever been on a camping trip and wondered what objects are up in the sky? Now you can get familiar with Astronomy by identifying stars, constellations and deep sky objects from the Messier and NGC catalogs.

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

‣ Features:
 • Real time Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial coordinates
 • Messier objects
 • mini-NGC catalog (subset of ~180 bright objects)
 • Night Mode
 • Search, with a guiding arrow
 • Alt-Azimuth, Equatorial grid

‣ For detailed queries:
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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: http://lavadip.com/skeye/documentation.html

‣ Upcoming features:
 • More deep sky objects, Satellites and Asteroids
 • Support for DSC with encoders

‣ Keywords:
Astronomy, Sky Map, Digital Setting Circles, Star chart, Space

Recent changes:
5.2.1:
In search dialog objects can now be filtered by typing their name.
Better star rendering; improved contrast and sharpness.
Support for Coarse (Network based) location; accurate enough for casual use.
Fix: FC while pinch-zooming and rotating.

5.1, 5.0:
More accurate Solar system Ephemeris.
A new, realistic rendering engine.
The number of named stars is now about 1200.
The Moon and Sun are rendered as discs (scaled to real size). The Moon's disc is shaded to show its exact phase.

Latest version: 5.2.1 (for Android version 2.1 and higher)