SkEye | Astronomy

Name: SkEye | Astronomy
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Rating: 4.277533054351807 (14976 reviews)
Author: Harshad RJ

Harshad RJ

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4.3

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About this app

SkEye is a planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.

Get familiar with the sky by identifying stars, planets, and constellations. For the dedicated sky-gazers there are meteor showers, bright comets and deep sky objects from the Messier and NGC catalogs.

If you have a telescope, just strap the phone onto the OTA to 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: https://lavadip.com/skeye/docs.html
• If you would like to help with translations: https://crowdin.com/project/skeye

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

Updated on

Jun 14, 2022

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4.3

15K reviews

Big Rocket

August 14, 2020

Just point your phone at different parts of the sky to update the sky map. But search function is confusing. Don't click on magnifying glass in main sky map screen. Instead, click on the 3 vertical dots (...), then click on the magnifying glass. Why would you program the search function this way? Please fix it. The app takes up just 2 Mb of space on your phone, not like some other apps taking up 100+ Mb. Thank you developer.

11 people found this review helpful

Harshad RJ

August 15, 2020

Thanks for the review. The UI is in the process of being overhauled. Earlier, the "map" screen was the only screen. I am now moving some of the functionality to the "home screen". The Search button will be accessible from the Home screen too in a future release.

A Google user

September 17, 2019

Something bad is going on with the app. There is a huge delay in reaction to any input you make on the scope, and the motion is extreme. As you make adjustments, nothing happens, and then all of the sudden you are on the other side of the universe. Used to work very well, but lately the sensitivity has plummeted. Please, fix the app, as it is quite neat in its approach to polar alignment.

68 people found this review helpful

J. Mac Jordan

December 22, 2020

Well...Generally speaking—It works; It is Free; It has NO ADS—for any would-be app maker...that's a solid ~4 Stars right there. I don't have a choice to parse out the last star...it's certainly not perfect; again, ...it's free..(?). BUT! Free can always be better! Now, I gave 5 stars—however, in the spirit of 'Free & Better,' allow me to criticize: 1. The Horizon needs to be fixable relative to device/preference. 2. An alt perspective would be useful (Sol top-down for ref?) 3. More Free!

8 people found this review helpful

Harshad RJ

December 22, 2020

Thanks for the review! Criticism is very much welcome. (I think of it as "feedback" since the app keeps evolving). 1. Horizon fixable: this is very much on the radar 2. Not currently on the radar, but noted 3. Always endeavouring to!