Will no longer connect or align
It appears that the Scope feature is no longer working so you’re no longer able to align or connect to the SkyPortal Network.
Perfectly neat
Everything in this app is so tidy and it doesn’t show too many stars from further distances like with other apps it shows stars you can even see from earth and just makes it overcomplicated when looking for a certain star most certainly deserves a 5 star rating
Awful
Truly one of the single worst, least intuitive, least user friendly apps I’ve ever had the misfortune of being forced to use.
Quite a bit inaccurate on determining the location of planets, stars, nebulas, and etc.
I’ve tried to get my telescope centered using this app by aligning it to the moon’s location, and I’m being dissatisfied by the app’s performance as when I tried to aligning the telescope through the app, the lens showed a blank sky because the telescope was offset to the right of the telescope’s direction of focus. I had to literally manually align the telescope due to this. I do have a screenshot of what I am speaking of. Finding planets took me time because of a similar scenario. It would be great if the app could make improvements with aligning the iPhone so that telescope users won’t have to turn on their battery powered laser that comes with their StarSense explorer telescopes or any other telescope of this brand.
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New version sucks
Harder to use, Crashes on iOS, Can’t navigate like I could with the previous version. If it’s not broken don’t change it !!
Good app but misleading
The only reason I gave this app 4 stars is that the box from my telescope says to download this app but to take pictures with the telescope on your phone all you need is the camera app. But overall pretty decent app but if you want to take pictures with the telescope you don’t need this app 🙂
Amazing
I got a telescope to my daughter and got this app. Amazing. Chef’s kiss
Incredible app for free
I keep finding more features. It shows the sky at your current location and time with ability zoom, rotate and change location and time. Click on any object for a long description and history.
Perfect for any backyard astronomer, and no ads or in app purchases.
Perfect for any backyard astronomer, and no ads or in app purchases.
Feature Request
I don’t see why the hand controller and base firmware couldn’t be automatically updated via the App.
Updating via a PC is not simple and the Celestron help in the CFM are is extremely poor.
Updating via a PC is not simple and the Celestron help in the CFM are is extremely poor.
No problems
I’ve read various reports about how this app doesn’t work or the wifi is flaky , but to be honest I think most of the issues are user related. If you disable your wifi connections and allow the Celestron wifi to connect you will have no problems, it’s only because your home wifi puts out a stronger signal that sky portal disconnects. There are plenty of videos on utube , to name one Lucas Campos, this is the one I followed and I have 98% success rate. Even the most expensive apps can have issues, sit down , work through calmly and slowly and you will get there.
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Good
A little outdated looking, but it works well.
NEEDED APP UPGRADE
This app needs a news feed and a comment section. It would be great for this app to track my gps location, check weather conditions, have accurate gyroscoping capabilities, and send push notifications about great galactic anomalies so that we can just be told when and where we can setup our telescopes in order to get perfect views.
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Impossible to align
Impossible to align the 5SE telescope with this app. The PC app is much better, this one is garbage
Database issues
There are many objects that don’t show up when the designation is inputted. I have tried multiple designations, re-installing the app, etc…. My latest example is Comet C/2023 A3 Atlas. The comet showed up in the search prior to nighttime but at nighttime when I needed it to find the comet it would not show up.
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Alignment and flickering screen
Not so good. When connected, the app alignment target does not line up with the scope. Therefore, unable to align. Phone screen flickers constantly
Wrong orientation
It looks like it is not pointing to the right direction after you click the compass
Convenient, but limited
A good tool.
Nice to no longer need the handpand to control my Celestron Evolution mount.
Catalogue is too limited though. Has Messier and Caldwell Catalogues, but users would be better served if it had the full New General and the Index Catalogues. So many unavailable targets! A person could starhop to the ones they know, but that defeats the purpose of a Go-to telescope
Nice to no longer need the handpand to control my Celestron Evolution mount.
Catalogue is too limited though. Has Messier and Caldwell Catalogues, but users would be better served if it had the full New General and the Index Catalogues. So many unavailable targets! A person could starhop to the ones they know, but that defeats the purpose of a Go-to telescope
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No alignment possible
I’m trying to Align my telescope with the app but always says error in the alignment, the object is always an inch away but in the app it shows its right in the spot
Very laggy with astro fi mount/telescope
Its a good planetarium app. BUT IT IS COMPLETELY FRUSTRATING TO USE WITH THE ASTRO FI SERIES TELESCOPES. It is sooo laggy! Please fix this issue! It also does not have alot of targets especially nebula eg, the rim nebula, lobster nebula, cats paw, prawn nebula.
It’s alright, but if you’re serious…
Get Stellarium with the upgrade it’s a lot better. I got this and Stellarium and the latter was much better especially with the upgrade
