SkyPointer
Free AppAbout SkyPointer
SkyPointer is a simple but useful tool to show the position of sun, moon, the brightest planets, the International Space Station ISS, Hubble telescope, the chinese station Tiangong2 and other objects. All objects are visible to the unaided eye. With SkyPointer it is easy to find out the position of the sky objects at a specific time or a specific date.
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9w4iIgyIrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q9h_JauZUM
For example you can easily find out the different solar altitudes between summer and winter.
SkyPointer does not need internet connection except for downloading orbit data for satellites triggered by yourself.
*** PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPASS IS CALIBRATED ***
Observing aspects:
The planets are visible as small light points. The brightest planets are Venus and Jupiter. Mars appears as small red dot. You can see the ring of Saturn with a good binocular. Mercury is hard to observe because it is very close to sun. Uranus appears not brighter than a normal star.
The ISS appears as bright point of light when sunlit. The ISS point moves much faster than a plane and is brighter than the brightest star.
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9w4iIgyIrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q9h_JauZUM
For example you can easily find out the different solar altitudes between summer and winter.
SkyPointer does not need internet connection except for downloading orbit data for satellites triggered by yourself.
*** PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPASS IS CALIBRATED ***
Observing aspects:
The planets are visible as small light points. The brightest planets are Venus and Jupiter. Mars appears as small red dot. You can see the ring of Saturn with a good binocular. Mercury is hard to observe because it is very close to sun. Uranus appears not brighter than a normal star.
The ISS appears as bright point of light when sunlit. The ISS point moves much faster than a plane and is brighter than the brightest star.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Showing SpaceX Roadster Tesla - Don't Panic ;-)
Showing SpaceX Roadster Tesla - Don't Panic ;-)
Version update SkyPointer was updated to version 5.6.0
Version update SkyPointer was updated to version 5.4.1
Version update SkyPointer was updated to version 5.3.0
Name changed Name changed! SkyPointer
What are users saying about SkyPointer
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I loved it!
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DAM GOOD
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Very inaccurate. The arrow is pointing in many directions. Wiggles a lot. What's the point of having this app?
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Excellent
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Genial!
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Very inaccurate. The arrow is pointing in many directions. Wiggles a lot. What's the point of having this app?
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This is the coolest app in the history of the universe. It is exactly what I wanted. Totally clear and intuitive. Simple. Outstanding.
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Wanted the app to identify ehat I pointed at with tablet
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All sky planets,stars,comets etc. Brilliant app.
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Why can't the Philippines be part of the countries?
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Thanks you developer for the new update i can now focus the thing dat i want to see without my phone to sleep. Great....
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Had no idea could set location manually. Works perfect
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But i hope there is an alert when ISS is passing over our head.
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Crashes when the camera icon (whatever that's for) is pressed.
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Thanks for this tremendous contribution.
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Great app
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AWESOME
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Had no idea could set location manually. Works perfect
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Makes finding object such as the ISS much easier to locate.
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Bad bad bad
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NeverSmile. Only 2 stars just downloaded it. NFS what it really does. SGS2 Topeka ks
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But....I don't get the zoom/horizon slider as it changes and seems to Un sync what you were pointing looking at
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NeverSmile. Only 2 stars just downloaded it. NFS what it really does. SGS2 Topeka ks
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I agree too. This IS one of the best apps I have seen and I`ve tried a few over the years. Not only is it easy to understand and easy to use it is totally accurate. Since I started using this app 6 months ago I have learnt the position of all the listed planets and I have even found a small and faint Uranus with it, I`ve watch Jupiter and Saturn for the past 3 months dance across our night skies and watched Venus disappear off our evening sky and do nearly a full revolution of the planet. I have discovered many of our constellations from Virgo through Sagittarius and and now know the position of a lot of the key Stars in the Southern Hemisphere and the most incredible of all I have seen our International Space Station fly across our night sky not once but three times so far. All I can say is well done Gerhard, a truly outstanding app among apps. Just a quick comment for Robert Bartusiak. If you find the app inaccurate check location of your device is set to high accuracy and calibrate Skypointer as it simply shows. YOU are the ONLY negative comment amongst them all. Does that tell you something? Shame to see the rating of good work reduced due to someones inability.