Sky Map

Sky Map Devs

About this app

Sky Map helps you identify stars, planets, nebulae, and constellations in real-time.

Originally developed as Google Sky Map, it is now open source.

Find us online:

⭐ Official Website: stardroid.app
⭐ Open Source: Contribute on GitHub
⭐ Join the Community: Facebook @stardroidapp
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Ratings and reviews

Very fun and easy to use but needs to be updated more often with things relevant to astronomical news. I wanted to look for 3I Atlas with my telescope when it was at its closest to Earth. I tried to use Sky Map to help me find it, but searched results turned up nothing. It didn't appear on sky map when I pointed my phone in the direction it was supposed to be in either. Overall though, it's fun and interesting with a bunch of useful data for casual astronomers, and is usually very helpful.

Enjoyed the app for a while. Simple with good options. Recommended to others over the years. However, the last several times I've tried to use it, it is WAY off, for example: telling me the sun is ~15° below sunrise when I'm watching the sunset.... I have GPS, data and wifi on (or off) trying different settings to determine location. Tried all the troubleshooting tips, but it can't figure it out, I guess. Uninstalled because it was unusable (and I'm not techy enough to dig deeper).

Interesting app... Major problem is the compass is never accurate. The app will tell you if the internal compass needs calibration. This never works, even at high accuracy, it still is off by 90 degrees, give or take. There should be an actual manual calibration option. Not some silly flip-your-phone-for-twenty-minutes-for-no-measurable-improvement method.

What’s new

Font size changes now take effect immediately.
Messier objects now render as icons with optional toggle in settings.
Improved translations.