ForeSky - Star Gazing App

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About this app

ForeSky - Star Gazing App is the ultimate astronomy companion for stargazers, astrophotographers, and telescope owners. Know exactly when to observe, what to look at, and how good the sky will be — all in one
beautifully designed app.

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🌟 SMART ASTRONOMY FORECAST
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Get a 7-night astronomy AI forecast tailored specifically for observing — not just generic weather. ForeSky Astro combines seeing, transparency, cloud cover, humidity, and dew risk into a single clear quality
rating: Bad → Poor → Fair → Good → Excellent. No more guessing whether tonight is worth setting up the scope.

• Atmospheric seeing & transparency ratings
• Cloud cover (total, low, mid, high layers)
• Dew & frost risk alerts
• Wind speed & humidity
• Bortle light pollution class for your location (1–9 scale)
• Hourly timeline with a visual scrollable strip
• Night-by-night breakdown with composite scores

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🔭 TONIGHT'S SKY — WHAT TO OBSERVE
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Never run out of targets. Browse deep sky objects from the Messier catalog, organised by difficulty — perfect for beginners and seasoned observers alike.

• Galaxies, nebulae, star clusters & more
• Altitude charts showing object visibility throughout the night
• Best viewing window, peak altitude, and rise/set times
• Thumbnail images and Wikipedia links for every object
• Planet visibility with magnitude, altitude, and best times
• ISS visible passes for the next 5 days

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🌌 LIVE SKY MAP (AR MODE)
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Point your phone at the sky and see what's up there. ForeSky Astro's built-in Sky Map uses your device sensors and live camera overlay to show stars, planets, and DSOs in real time.

• Augmented reality camera overlay
• Real-time orientation using device sensors
• Tap objects to view details
• Navigate directly from a DSO card to its sky position
• Cardinal direction labels and altitude grid

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🌠 ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
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Never miss a celestial event. The Events tab keeps you informed about everything happening in the sky.

• Solar and lunar eclipses
• Meteor showers
• Planetary conjunctions and oppositions
• Comet visibility windows
• Asteroid close approaches (with hazard status, miss distance & velocity)
• Aurora forecast with live Kp index, solar wind data, and NOAA imagery
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

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🔴 NIGHT VISION MODE
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Protect your dark-adapted eyes. One tap switches the entire app to a red-only display, preserving your night vision while you observe.

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📡 TELESCOPE MOUNT CONTROL
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Own a Sky-Watcher GoTo mount? Connect to your mount over Wi-Fi and send GoTo commands directly from a DSO card. Includes directional nudge controls with three speed modes, slew status, and safety alerts for
targets below the horizon or near the zenith.

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📍 FLEXIBLE LOCATION PICKER
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Use your GPS location, search for any city in the world, or drop a pin anywhere on an interactive OpenStreetMap. All forecasts and sky data update instantly.

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🔔 SMART ALERTS
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• Aurora alerts at your chosen Kp threshold (G1–G4)
• Tonight's observing conditions summary
• Upcoming event reminders

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✅ FREE & AD-FREE
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ForeSky Astro is free to use with no ads. Optional tips help keep it that way and support future development.

Clear skies! 🌙

What’s new

Solar Eclipses
Scrub the sky map's clock to an eclipse and watch it unfold — the Moon crossing the Sun, the sky darkening, and the corona at totality.

Fixes & polish
Stability and accuracy improvements.