What’s New

The new version 4.4.0 includes a lots of bug fixes and two new features: more detailed solar eclipse reports with new nice graphics showing the shadow on earth during the different stages of the eclipse, and a new help feature which you can use to find a broad range of functions and settings in the app and directly navigate to them. Additionally, small improvements have been made to the red-night mode, moon and sun can now optionally be displayed oversized (default now in planisphere), flickering constellation art in skyview has been fixed, and the textures in skyview and solarsystem 3d screen have been optimized with compressed textures for faster rendering (hopefully improving performance on weaker devices). This public feedback screen is also new and should show that I receive your valuable feedback and use it to improve the app. Thank you for all your feedback!

In the current version 4.3.x, there are a lot of problems with the computation of the twilight diagram and times, rise and set times, skyview showing night when it is day, etc. I think I have found the cause of the error, it was a missing initialization of the database that provides the basic solarsystem object coordinates (VSOP-parameters) when the app is backgrounded and then again launched. This should be fixed for version 4.4.0 that is currently in review on Google Play. The review normally takes 2 days. Please let me know if this issue has not been fixed on your device with version 4.4.0.

Released in version 4.3.6.

The Favorites widget now renders reliably again and uses a clearer layout with controls that are easier to read at a glance.

Released in version 4.3.4.

LX200, NexStar, and SynScan telescope controllers can now be connected over Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth, which makes more field setups possible without changing the rest of the observing workflow.

Delivered across versions 4.3.1 and 4.3.6.

Comets are easier to interpret in Sky View and detail maps, and the brightest-comet lists now behave more reliably when ranking what is currently worth observing.

Released in version 4.3.1.

The dashboard now highlights current sky objects for the selected date and location, so it is easier to see what is timely and worth opening right away.

Released in version 4.3.1.

Distance-based object lists and observing lists now show light-travel time next to distance, from light-seconds up to light-years, which makes the scale of the sky much easier to grasp.