SkEye | Astronomy

- March 8, 2017

Everyone

Education

( 13,550)

Description

SkEye is an advanced Planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.

Ever wondered what objects are up in the sky? Now you can get familiar with Astronomy by identifying stars, planets, and constellations. Also look up deep sky objects from the Messier and NGC catalogs.

If you have a telescope, just strap the phone onto the OTA and you get a PUSHTO guide!

‣ Features
• Time machine : Jump to any date in past or future
• Real time Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial coordinates
• Messier objects
• mini-NGC catalog (subset of ~180 bright objects)
• Solar system objects including all 8 planets and the 4 Galilean moons
• Night Mode
• Search, with a guiding arrow
• Alt-Azimuth, Equatorial grid

‣ Queries?
Send an email to hi.skeye@gmail.com.

‣ Tips:
• For better accuracy, calibrate the magnetic sensors by waving the phone in a figure-8 motion of your hands.
• For advanced use read: http://lavadip.com/skeye/documentation.html

‣ App Permissions
• Location: to determine accurate position of celestial objects
• Bluetooth: to suppport remote sensors

‣ Upcoming features:
• More deep sky objects, Satellites and Asteroids
• Support for DSC with encoders

Reviews

4.3

13,550 total

5 8,508

4 2,838

3 1,040

2 479

1 685

Who Am I

A lot of work has obviously gone into this but it's not good enough. It never gets a gps fix even when google maps does. That doesn't make sense. Entering location manually with lat long and elevation does not match the google earth scheme which most people would refer to, and could be confusing even though i was able to work it out. It does however seem to track the sky correctly. But where are the constellation names? I don't find this useful in its current incarnation. Good work has been done, but it needs more work.

Tmthy Crpntr

I was just staring at the moon and wanted to know the name of the bright object next to it... When I searched for the moon this app tells me it's behind me and WAY below the horizon. Then what the hell am I staring at that people keep telling me is the moon? Not very useful if it can't even locate the largest object in the night sky.

Michael Hughes

For those who keep complaining about it not finding your location etc... My guess says the problem is with your phone. I have had zero issues and it located my precise latitude and longitude as well as distance above sea level from my basement... Don't blame the app, either get a better phone or recalibrate the one you have!

samuel groome

Use this for finding out what I'm pointing my camera out. Helped me find Jupiter and name some bright stars in the night sky. Works great. Can be a bit laggy on tracking. Might be my phone

Kathy Palmer

I just cannot thank u enuf for this amazing app! I live in the city & this allows me to "see" everything I'd otherwise miss.It's beautiful, accurate, in depth & easy to use. Not to mention it's FREE! Thank you for all your hard work! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS APP!!!

B. Anshuman

The BEST planetarium available anywhere! Have every feature that will be helpful, during the time, gazing up in the night sky. Recommended to all amateurs. Helps in getting to know what you see, and helps to track others as well. Really an Awesome app! Thank You for creating it.

User reviews

Who Am I May 9, 2017

Tmthy Crpntr June 3, 2017

Harshad RJ June 4, 2017

This experience is generally caused by: * Incorrect Time zone or System Time. * Incorrect Location (Latitude and Longitude) For more details please have a look at https://skeye.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/239078-sky-seems-totally-off

Michael Hughes August 7, 2017

samuel groome April 7, 2017

Use this for finding out what I'm pointing my camera out. Helped me find Jupiter and name some bright stars in the night sky. Works great. Can be a bit laggy on tracking. Might be my phone

Kathy Palmer March 8, 2017

Harshad RJ January 20, 2017

I am glad it helps you. Thanks for the kind words!

B. Anshuman March 11, 2017

J Mawdefy June 24, 2017

This has been a great app. Its design is phenomenal, it looks terrific and it works perfectly. I can't say enough good things about it I love this app. It's not common to see a free app of this quality.

Bill Phillips March 11, 2017

Great app for finding out what that bright "star" in the sky is. Seeing an interesting pattern, I'll whip this out, and within seconds my curiosity is satisfied! I'd love to have a nice telescope to pair this with someday. For now, it's quite a powerful tool to identify what's in my night sky!

September 13, 2017

I could not get used to it at first. It is now one of the best star chart/star map apps that I use on Android OS. Thank you.

Harshad RJ September 18, 2017

I was very glad to hear that; thank you! I do want to improve the first-time user experience when I next get the time.

christopher fornino May 5, 2017

Easy to use stargazer app. Night vision mode. Can be used yo aim your telescope,although O have not tried that, yet.

Shantanu B August 7, 2017

Really really good.... I tried making a similar app but just got screwed up...

Kay Brown April 17, 2017

It's ok if you have your Android device strapped to a telescope or tripod, but certainly not useful for handheld device. I was hoping it would help me find meteor showers, but I can't keep waving my cell phone around in the air trying to find planets or stars. It's frustrating.

MAYRA SAMPOLL August 26, 2017

EXCELLENT GREATLY LIVE AND ACCURATE INSIGHTFUL,IF ONLY IT'S BEYOND 3 AMPLITUDES OF MAGICKAL BEANS @JACK AND BEANS STOCKS REGALED GIANT'S CAUSES WAYS AND MEANS OF AIRWAVES. #1 RELIABLE.

Noorjahan Faiz April 18, 2017

fantastic app giving time travel from 0001 c.e. to anytime of future. only that if this app would have been compatible with indian astrology...

May 12, 2017

Map lat and long is off but the Earth is tilted and poles are getting ready to shift 28 degrees this app must be giving the exact location kinda proves that the Earth is shifting already until nasa less again folks get prepared stick good and plenty of water get inland stay away from coastal areas look in the sky at night we have whole constalations going completely dark then getting bright again and Virgo is pregnated with Jupiter folks read Revelation 12 check it out for yourself this is wrath look up a man named Gill Broussard on youtube long videos but will tell you axactly what is to come this year, God Bless.

david ames August 10, 2017

So far very nice... easy to use. Smooth... thank you!

Arvind Sharma May 7, 2017

I would love to give you 5 stars if you could add an option to read there names in language hindi too. Pls it would be very beneficial. Rest everything is fine I love it

Kiran Prasad May 28, 2017

Really good but for the strange magnetic interference message that is irritating even when there is nothing

Appr Alcem July 12, 2017

Well, It is complicated, there are better apps like this one but it's defenetly one of the best

Peter Milsom April 17, 2017

Been using this for several years. Really handy for a beginner like me. I use it both with binoculars and with my 5 inch scope. Fabulous ap!

May 20, 2017

Great for science-eager children, together with their parents. One suggestion, though: in the calendar widget, allow Sundays to be placed at the end of the week.

Tyra Rathje April 18, 2017

Undependable from compass points to star location.

G. Mark Wells October 21, 2017

Rocked my socks off. Far better than the others and it neither spys on you nor spasms your friends.

October 3, 2017

This app is very useful in finding objects as a handheld device, but shines as a goto push tool on my dobs.

david Wilkinson July 7, 2017

Perfect very accurate. Once you put in your location and remove phone from any magnetic fields it works perfect. Love it

Luke Nukem May 20, 2017

Just idles in set up mode

Paddy Landau May 9, 2017

This app is super-easy to use, highly responsive, smooth, and comprehensive. Because it works well, my children find it fun to use.

A Google User April 3, 2017

Used to work fine. Will no longer search.

Shreyas Shree March 30, 2017

I had used this app before, it was great, but now, it doesn't respond to the gyro sensor at all.

Gustavo de Niteroi May 22, 2017

Best one i've seen and needs almost no permissions

Faraz Babaei May 8, 2017

I tried many planetarium apps. This by far the best and most accurate! It is complete and smooth.

Jan Hampshire March 9, 2017

Can't see how it could be better.

Nathan- Muir April 20, 2017

Nifty app. I like the ease of finding out star names and plant locations.

Jon Eyre March 8, 2017

Very helpful app for a beginner

Bob Luongo August 27, 2017

App works on my phone but on my tablet there is absolutely no function

Zainab Abdelrazzak April 24, 2017

The best astronomy app ever! Professional and even works offline!

Neville van Jaarsveld July 31, 2017

I have yet to find a better app than SkEye.

October 7, 2017

I'm enjoying being able to chart what I see in the sky at home

Jeff Mitchell April 26, 2017

It's a very handy app and pretty accurate.

Keshavlal Prajapati March 31, 2017

How it works?

What's New

6.11 (8 March 2017)

* M1 is now called crab nebula, instead of Taurus A

* Ability to search stars by their designation in English (sigma instead of σ)

* Completed list of named stars

* Increased number of named stars to 2400, so that southern pole star (sigma octanis) is included

* Smoother display when connected to Wiced Sense devices, on some newer Android phones

Additional information

Updated

March 8, 2017

Installs

1,000,000 - 5,000,000

Current Version

6.11

Requires Android

2.2 and up

Content Rating

Everyone

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Offered By

Harshad RJ

Developer

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Karnataka, India

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