Sky Objects
Sky Objects turns your Android-powered device into a window on the night sky.
The Plus adds the new ability to track any near earth objects with a NORAD Id in real time. Follow satellites, the international space station, and more!
Sat Locks My take up to 1-2 minutes over cell networks!
You can get predictions for Iridium Flares for the next 7 days. Think shooting star like flares.
Based on code Open sourced and donated by Google.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid
Inspired byhttp://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-use-Iridium-to-get-her-to-say-Yes/
Predictions Byhttp://www.heavens-above.com/
Tracking data is courtesy of www.n2yo.com
Anyone interested in helping? Fell free to email.
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Reviews (24)
It has a pointing error. The ecliptic is too far north. About 30 degrees as viewed in the northern hemisphere. Sidereal hour angle is too large about 90 degrees. (Stars appear too far to west ). Cardinal directions appeared accurate, i didn't have a compass to check but they're close.
It has the axis reversed. I am clearly facing south and looking at the moon. It is showing me the north sky. When I move it doesn't sense the rotation or moves in the opposing direction. Not very useful. This app was amazing on my other Android phones. I have a nexus 5x.
Works wonderfully on my tablet, only shows Northern view on my phone. My tablet has a magnetic sensor, my phone doesn't. GPS on the phone made no difference. I'll still give it all five, because it's not the author's fault my phone is cheap. :-)
This is grate device and would be a lot of fun but Verizon can't keep the network locked in its a continuing problem with Verizon..I wish they would get their act together.
When I was using Google Sky Map earlier. I dont know though if this one is also a part of the G's Sky Map. I wanted to look for a few particular constellations , planets like Sagittarius, Cygnus, etc . Google Sky Map was always returning "No Results." But this one did the job perfectly for me.
Compass is completely messed up. Up and down motion is fair but left to right motion doesn't work at all. The map just shakes no matter which way I turn. Please fix. All other functions work fine just the compass issue.
Keep your tablet away from artificial magnetic influence. My Nexus 7 was in a case with magnetic catches which totally disrupted the tablet's geomagnetic sensor.
I have a Samsung Galaxy s4 and Samsung tablet 3 and this doesn't work on either. The old version without satellites has stopped working also. Please fix then will be a deffinate 5* when it works its great
The satellite feature does not work (moto x). Other than that it functions like the original Sky Maps so I'll stick with that.
For all Sky Maps, not just this one: It seems that the Android update to 4.4.3 caused goofy, catastrophic malfunctions, such as making the South Celestial Pole coincide with local South on the horizon (!). Let's hope this is fixed.
Still dose nothing, can't see the point of it exactly the same as when it launched so no one is developing it.
This app works well overall. It isn't always smooth moving, and spent include everything I would like. For example, the international space station.
Only problem is that I can't get the satellite programs to run even after 6 minutes.
Using a Nexus current software update. This app is useless. Cannot search for satellites. 3d satellite or satellite AR would be a better choice.
POS doesn't move right anymore. I'm a photograph that uses this to find my way around the night sky. Not happy right now with Geminis coming this weekend.
I have tried and tried. It will only show me North, pole to pole. No other directions. I have to put it in manual mode to try and find things. I don't like that.
Idk why but i doesn't work for my galaxy tab2 7.0. My friend whonhas an older version of the tab has his working perfectly
I liked this app when it was on point, but now its off set. It would be great if this could be fixed. Thanks
Used to be a brilliant app until some smart alec got at it, now it's a waste of time, half the functions don't work and the ones that do are inaccurate. P.s. your website has joined the doesn't work section of my comment as well
Still like the app 5 stars but now with a galaxy s5 don't have a dedicated menu button in the home keys so can't toggle night mode or search or nothin....an onscreen shortcut possible? I mean I still love the app but can't do much more than open it and look around
Samsang Galaxy ii and not working. Love the idea but useless as is. My sattelites selection is also spelled wrong.
You probably hear that a lot. This programmer took the original Sky Map with its nearly impossible to press Time Warp Buttons and increased the size of the Hot Spot. Now when time is moving a week a second, one can stop on a dime, instead of continually struggling. Sometimes I wonder if Google ever bothers to actually Try the things they publish to the World. This version is much improved, Google: Hire this Programmer (and Me as a 3D Stereoscopic Technical Designer and Engineer!)
HTC One M8 Works ok as Sky map, but the satellite function is empty. Online satellites, just get the spinning circle. even over Wifi with fast internet. Iridium Flares exactly as Online satellites
Will probably use this for finding planets at dawn and dusk. You need to adjust damping and sensor speed to avoid "shake" others reported. Address call for Iridium flares appears wrong- searches endlessly but satellite list works OK. If maps show wrong direction, this is compass error in phone, not app.