SkyWiki - world of astronomy

Bluestreak Labs

About this app

Are you intrigued by the night sky but get overwhelmed by the information when you look for answers.
SkyWiki App is one stop center for you.

Features :
* Skymap
As the saying goes, a picture is worth million words , this feature gives a glimpse of the sky as it moves. Its lets you time travel by going forward or backward in the time scale to observe the sky at that moment.
Visualize this movement of all the major planets, constellations, brightest stars and messier objects with the feature.

* Calendar
Never miss an important astronomy event now. Scroll through the calendar to get the important upcoming events about Lunar Phases, Eclipses, Equinoxes/Solstices, Moon Apogee/Perigee, Moon-Planet Conjunctions, Planetary Events and Meteor Showers.

* Periscope
This gives you a visualization of how the Sun and Moon rises and sets or path along any given point of the day from your current location. Along with Sun and the Moon , you will also find the rise and set of the Planets.

* Astronomy News
One stop center for the all information on major events and news as they happen, here you can find aggregated astronomy news from all the popular feeds.

* Astronomy Photos
It is the gallery of amazing photos of the celestial bodies that eyes never get a chance to cherish. Swipe through spectacular photos taking your curiosity to a new level.

* Compass
Orient yourself in the desired direction with this feature.

Ratings and reviews

Doesn't explain things very well starting off and the website isn't any better. I kept trying to figure out precise (or even close) times for rising and setting, and even though my location was on they kept saying they were hours off of what times from online sources say. Unless you already have experience with this stuff you're better off just trying to fight through G*ogle's bs. (Also it looks like the developers dont update as regularly as they probably should when it comes to astronomy..)

Amazing app. It has all I was looking for and more than that. Moon calendar, planet positions, meteor showers among others. Very useful and versatile app. 5000 stars 🌌 Maybe the west-east directions could be flipped, that would match the sky as we observe it from underneath. In the latest update they actually included an option to flip W-E directions. Awesome!

An amazing app for free and with no ads. This is the type of app that I would want to donate to the developer, but I can't find an option for that either! Skymap and periscope are fantastic features helping identify night sky object and track moon positions, built in calendar for astronomical events, and a news reel. Contains everything I need

What's new

Fixed news feed loading issue.
Added Milky way band in skymap.
Added filter for reference grid and stars in skymap.
Fixed events calendar.
Bug fixes.