ApexSKY

ApexASTRO

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About this app

ApexSKY shows your local sky at a glance — built for aurora chasers, meteor watchers, and anyone planning tonight's observing session.

TONIGHT'S DASHBOARD
• Home: Tonight's Sky score, moon phase, clouds/seeing, and space weather snapshot
• Observing forecast timeline — clouds, seeing, moon, and score through the night
• Aurora Outlook with a 24-hour Kp forecast for your location

LIVE SPACE WEATHER
• NOAA SWPC data: Kp, Bz, solar wind, and geomagnetic outlook
• Animated aurora probability map and solar imagery
• Optional push alerts when activity spikes (Kp / storm thresholds)

ISS, METEORS & PLANETS
• Upcoming ISS passes with brightness, direction, and ground track map
• Meteor shower outlook, sporadic rates, and active shower windows for your sky
• Planet positions and visibility for tonight

LOCATION & ALERTS
• GPS or manual observing site; saved dark-sky sites when signed in
• Notifications for aurora, geomagnetic storms, ISS passes, and more
• Core features work without an account

ACCOUNT & MEMBERSHIP
• Free skieslive.com account: sync, saved sites, observing log, Messier browse in Best Targets
• Full deep-sky planner (all catalogs, Top 3, tonight's plan) for @skieslive YouTube members and VIP grant holders on skieslive.com — no in-app purchase

Apex SKY is the companion app to skieslive.com. Core features are free; membership perks are managed on the website.

Data from NOAA SWPC, Open-Meteo, 7Timer, and public astronomy sources. Forecasts and aurora outlooks are estimates — always use local judgment for travel and observing.

Questions or feedback: https://skieslive.com/support

What’s new

ApexSKY 1.0.3 — space weather reliability.

• Solar — NOAA feeds load again (requests now include a proper User-Agent)
• Solar — flare and aurora trend charts open cleanly without binding errors on Android
• Solar — GOES flare class labels use two decimals (e.g. M8.54), matching alerts