Can’t use it anymore
Used to be brilliant but now I can’t work out how to search fir planets. So frustrating.
I'll stick to paper thanks.
Constellation boundaries make the overview cluttered and difficult to read. No ecliptic is a major omission I think. Zoom feature is nice, but if a closer view is needed, apps such as Star Walk are far superior. Good value for a few pennies, but not enough here to persuade me to give up my paper planisphere.
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Just needs one fix
Downloaded this app for my astronomy lab. Cool app, everything is really clear, but the GPS function does not work. My phone's GPS is completely functional when I use maps, compass, etc., but not when I use this app. I'll point it clearly at one constellation and it will give me a completely different one. No complaints about anything else in the app. If this one fix is made, it'll be perfect.
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This is great fun!
I play around with this with my grand kids. It teaches them while having fun. Great app
Great app!
This is a great app to play around with! Works great! I just wish I could choose a specific date to view directly instead of going hour by hour into the future or past. Other than that minor issue, I love it!
Good Concept but needs much improvement
The idea is great but the calibration is inaccurate and there is no option to recalibrate at will. If calibration issues are fixed I would highly recommend this to friends. I hope to see some updates.
Worth it
Totally awesome :D nice features
It works
It's works, not a super awesome app, but for 99cents it's good. If you have an astronomy class it comes in handy or if you just like to know what's above you.
Needs work
The compass function displays incorrectly
Easy to use, but. . .
I found the Planisphere one of the easiest to use to navigate the night sky.
My only problem with it was the ability to read the names of stars/ features in night mode; the colour, plus the fact that no matter how far you zoom in, the words stay the same size( small).
My only problem with it was the ability to read the names of stars/ features in night mode; the colour, plus the fact that no matter how far you zoom in, the words stay the same size( small).
Works but ...
I just hate planispheres that you have to hold over your head. I want a map view, i.e. projected on the ground, not on the sky. I was hoping this app would give me the option of having it either way. Compass only works sometimes on my iPad 2.
A winner
Does what it says. Lot's of layering options including deep sky objects so you can focus on what you want and leave out the other stuff. Very reasonable price. Nightlight. Nice job. I recommend it. Made for someone that will use it in the field.
Excellent Digital Planisphere With One Glaring Hitch:
YOU have to update the time manually by going into the settings.
The graphics, zoom function, and other features are first rate for a no-cost download. It sure beats carrying around one of the plastic plansipheres!
But back to the major issue I have with this app.
Step 1: Set your Location
Step 2: Set current/use device time
Step 3: Exit to the planisphere(main) window.
Suppose it's 8:00AM in Chicago on August 23rd. The planisphere displays accordingly. But now you want to see the sky in the Philippines - where you know its after dark. So you look up "Manila" in the location list, select it, and exit back out to the planisphere. Instead of a dark sky correctly showing what is overhead for the Philippines at 8PM - you see what 8:00AM would look like from that country! What the . . .?!
Budapest Hungary: Same thing - except at 8AM there the sun(and the ecliptic) are much lower in the sky than in Manila. BUT - don't forget - while you were looking at the sky you pulled up at 8AM the time has become 8:06! Oops, gotta go back into the Settings and touch Time Now again! And now you can see what the sky looks like at 8:06AM in Paris, Rio De Janeiro, Tokyo, or anywhere your heart desires. Come on!!
So basically this is just like the plastic plansiphere you may have had in school or seen in a nature shop - plastic horizon simulating your latitude, with disk below with all the stars and coordinates on it - that you have to set yourself!
Otherwise, I'd give it five stars.
The graphics, zoom function, and other features are first rate for a no-cost download. It sure beats carrying around one of the plastic plansipheres!
But back to the major issue I have with this app.
Step 1: Set your Location
Step 2: Set current/use device time
Step 3: Exit to the planisphere(main) window.
Suppose it's 8:00AM in Chicago on August 23rd. The planisphere displays accordingly. But now you want to see the sky in the Philippines - where you know its after dark. So you look up "Manila" in the location list, select it, and exit back out to the planisphere. Instead of a dark sky correctly showing what is overhead for the Philippines at 8PM - you see what 8:00AM would look like from that country! What the . . .?!
Budapest Hungary: Same thing - except at 8AM there the sun(and the ecliptic) are much lower in the sky than in Manila. BUT - don't forget - while you were looking at the sky you pulled up at 8AM the time has become 8:06! Oops, gotta go back into the Settings and touch Time Now again! And now you can see what the sky looks like at 8:06AM in Paris, Rio De Janeiro, Tokyo, or anywhere your heart desires. Come on!!
So basically this is just like the plastic plansiphere you may have had in school or seen in a nature shop - plastic horizon simulating your latitude, with disk below with all the stars and coordinates on it - that you have to set yourself!
Otherwise, I'd give it five stars.
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Planisphere
splendid
Fonctionne bien
Je l'ai payé 0,79€ donc c'est une affaire ! Il fonctionne bien avec l'iPhone 4 et utilise la boussole et le GPS.
Well conceived, expertly coded
This app has five-star underpinnings, the kind you'd expect from a developer whose Moon Map is coded as a fully rotateable, zoomable, rendered sphere, rather than just a bunch of photographs. With so much information presented with such clarity and ease of use at such a low price, this new entry is poised to become a favorite. Experienced astronomers will want it as a comprehensive quick reference, and beginners will be well rewarded with a fine download worth well more than its $0.99.
This first release feels perfected like a third or fourth update, especially with its simple, efficient operation. Even so, for its fifth star, I'd like to see more flexible hiding of objects not of current interest, to render the display easier to read: dim stars, constellation boundries, and the like. I'd also appreciate if the delicate images were beefed up for forty-year-old eyes.
Such a fine astronomy app at this price point could tip the curious into becoming ametuer astronomers. Support this developer. He deserves it.
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A Note to Dave Moore of South Boston:
Serious planetaria (star charting apps) do not list Earth because they look outward; they list other objects one can see from Earth at a given time. Orreries (apps showing the relative motions of the planets) do show Earth, because they look inward, as though from outside the solar system, with Earth just another object to be studied. A few planeteria list the Earth as "always visible," a corny joke that can confuse beginners, an important clientele that deserves more respect. It sounds sarchastic, but is not: It's understood that if you want to see the stars and Messier objects, look up using Planisphere as a guide, but if you want to see the Earth, look down at your feet.
This first release feels perfected like a third or fourth update, especially with its simple, efficient operation. Even so, for its fifth star, I'd like to see more flexible hiding of objects not of current interest, to render the display easier to read: dim stars, constellation boundries, and the like. I'd also appreciate if the delicate images were beefed up for forty-year-old eyes.
Such a fine astronomy app at this price point could tip the curious into becoming ametuer astronomers. Support this developer. He deserves it.
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A Note to Dave Moore of South Boston:
Serious planetaria (star charting apps) do not list Earth because they look outward; they list other objects one can see from Earth at a given time. Orreries (apps showing the relative motions of the planets) do show Earth, because they look inward, as though from outside the solar system, with Earth just another object to be studied. A few planeteria list the Earth as "always visible," a corny joke that can confuse beginners, an important clientele that deserves more respect. It sounds sarchastic, but is not: It's understood that if you want to see the stars and Messier objects, look up using Planisphere as a guide, but if you want to see the Earth, look down at your feet.
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Awesome
This is just unbelievable. I thought I knew some constellations but this is just tremendous. Was a bit reluctant to pay the 59p but I can assure it is well worth it.
value for money
for what's in the package 59p is a steal. the information provided is amazing almost overload if I could I would give it six stars still not as good as distant suns 2
Bj
Dissappointing
Information is very good but names are too faint and difficult to read
Impossible to pan properly when zoomed in
Information is very good but names are too faint and difficult to read
Impossible to pan properly when zoomed in
Just what i've been looking for
I know nothing about astronomy but this little app lets you look up and begin to recognise stars and planets. Last night I looked up and saw Mars!!! I'd never have known it was mars without this app. How brilliant is that for 59p!!!!!!!!!!
