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Astrospheric - a Must Have for Astronomers
I have been using Astrospheric for a few years now and highly recommend it. It has been very accurate and allows me to schedule my observing/imaging sessions accordingly. Nothing is 100% but this is the closest to it that I’ve found.
Clear DARK Skies,
George FleenorGeoFleenor
Perfect for my needs
Been using this app for several months. Highly accurate even a few days out. Only been one night it wasn’t, and even Accuweather showed it to be clear when there was 100% cloud coverage. Highly recommend.shpth198813
High magnification and wide field
This rating is for the app not the forecasts. While the forecasts are better for astronomy than most generic ones, a 5 star rating is not there yet. The app presents the forecasts in a clear and easily understood way. It gives a detailed hour by hour forecast for near term but a “wide field” less detailed view for the next week. This allows you to monitor potential astronomical conditions further in advance for planning. Results are presented graphically but a handy textural/numerical definition is adjacent for any selected hour. Sun and Moon elevation and rising and setting times are also shown. Don’t leave home for that long drive to the dark sky site without checking it.Show lessPentheseleia
Excellent app for astronomy
Living in a city with moderate light pollution limits observing and astrophotography. Driving to a dark site is great - when the skies are clear and calm when you get there. And that’s the problem - how can weather through the evening be predicted accurately?
I regularly use five apps to help predict the likelihood of a calm, clear night for astronomy. It is great when a majority give similar predictions, but often this does not happen.
Over time, Astrospheric has become my “go to” app. I love the hourly cloud cover predictions and frequent updates. The core of what an observer or astrophotographer needs to make the decision to go or stay is clearly presented and most often correct. Many thanks to the developers!Show lessNeoObserver
Best Astro weather app available
This app is dead on accurate. Plain and simple. Today it suggested clearing skies by 8pm; all day has been heavy overcast. It’s 7:45 right now, as I look out the window I see light blue skies, continuing to clear into the night. Perfect again!@@@bestapp
Swiss Army Knife
Has multiple map views, short term specific conditions, long term general conditions, and more. Very useful for anyone who likes an app to give you the information to make an informed decision rather than the app directing you when it thinks is best for you to go out.Cloudlet_.
Must have for Stargazers
Get it, check it compulsively at least every day=success. Great to plan ahead for stargazing from the city early in the morning (when its darkest). You don’t want to wake up at 3am just for there to be clouds!Pianodoor
Best of Its Kind
It was the best app of its kind when I first got it. Since then it’s undergone a big overhaul. Now Astrospheric is unbeatable. Nothing even comes close to it. The developer has put a lot of time and effort into function, accuracy, and form. I use it literally every week. So helpful!M. R. Chesser
If the new used this app they might get the weather right
This app is amazing. Not only can I see what the weather is going to do but I can also see what the light pollution in an area is like. I find this app useful for playing camping and adventure trips also.J.ologie
Good big picture app, but don’t like some things about it.
This is a pretty good app that gives you the big picture for planning astronomical viewing, however I do not like one aspect of it. The app opens with a location that is automatically selected near your current location, but it is off enough that you need to change it to your location by using a map or the forecasts might not be accurate. It does not remember your location when you start the app again and you must again manually select the correct location from a map. It then will tell you that you can save the location, but only if you provide them with your email address which is their way of compelling one to do that and enable the “favorites” to be available. I think that we should not have to provide our email address to set the home location and sort of sounds like blackmail to me.Show lessairwings7
Developer Response
"Favorite" locations automatically sync to any device or browser you access Astrospheric from. Using an email seemed simpler than making folks create a user name and password (which would have also required email verification). Also, don't forget to turn on GPS location for higher accuracy, if you don't then the app will fallback to a simple IP lookup which can be less accurate. Anyways, feel free to use a junk email address and make sure to check out the privacy statement for what and how collected data is used. Thanks for the feedback, feel free to reach out using the in-app feedback if you want to discuss possible bugs!
