DSO Planner Pro (Astronomy) Apk
Latest version 3.8.7
28 Dec 2024
Apk Infos
| Version | 3.8.7 |
| Rating | 4.8/5, based on 66 votes |
| Size | 3.2 MB |
| Requires Android | Android 5.0+ (Lollipop) |
| Author's Notes | Astronomical observation planning tool with excellent star charting capabilities |
About DSO Planner Pro (Astronomy) APK
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Description
DSO Planner is an astronomy observation planning tool with excellent star charting capabilities made by active and experienced amateur observers with a passion for visual observations. It has large integrated deep sky objects databases and provides an opportunity to create any number of user own object databases. DSO Planner boasts the largest star catalog among all Android astronomy applications (USNO UCAC4, 113 mn stars). The application excels at creating observation plans on the fly, has powerful note taking capabilities, PushTo and GoTo support and night (red) mode.Before installation please make sure that you have at least 2 GB of free space on your internal SD card to download application databases! (Note: due to Google Play rules this data cannot be moved to your external SD card - you must have 2 GB free on your internal SD card!)
+ Star catalogs. USNO UCAC4 (full star coverage to 16m, 113 mn stars), Tycho-2 (2.5 mn stars), Yale bright star catalog (9 000 stars)
+ Deep sky catalogs. NgcIc (12 000 objects including Messier, Caldwell and Herschel 400 objects), SAC (Saguaro Astronomy Club database, 10 000 objects), UGC (13 000 objects), Lynds dark and bright nebula (3 000 objects), Barnard dark nebula (350 objects), SH2 (300 objects), PK (1 500 planetary nebula), Abell cluster of galaxies (2 700 objects), Hickson Compact Group (100 objects), PGC (1 600 000 galaxies)
+ Double Star catalog. Brightest Double Stars (2 300 stars), Washington Double Star Catalog (120 000 stars), double stars from Yale catalog. Info Panel with PA and separation for each component.
+ Comet support. Orbital elements of around 700 observable comets could be automatically updated via internet
+ Minor planet support. Database of 10 000 brightest minor planets
+ Famous Steve Gottlieb Notes attached to NGCIC objects
+ Custom catalogs. Unlimited capability to create fully searchable own catalogs
+ Cross-match names database. Search objects by less common names
+ DSS imagery support. Download DSS images of any sky portion into offline cache and overlay it on the star chart
+ Offline images. Integrated set of images of most NgcIc objects, opportunity to add own images when creating custom catalogs
+ Nebula contours. Contours of famous nebulae
+ Object contours. Ellipse in real dimension and orientation
+ Night mode. Fully red screen with red keyboard and menus
+ PushTo for dobsonian mounts with setting circles. Level your dobsonian mount and perform one star alignment. The app will automatically recalculate az/alt numbers to easily hunt the object
+ GoTo for Meade and Celestron controllers with bluetooth dongle
+ Unique visibility tool. Only objects that are visible with selected equipment in the current sky conditions could be shown on the Star Chart (for objects from NGCIC/SAC/PGC catalogs)
+ Planning tool. Filter any objects database by observer location, sky condition, astronomical equipment, time range of observation and object features (type, dimension, magnitude, minimal altitude, visibility and other fields of own custom catalogs). Remove duplicate objects when searching in intersecting databases. Create up to 4 observation lists. Easily track observed and remaining to be observed objects with note taking tool
+ Import tool. Import observation lists in Sky Safari and Sky Tools format. Use pre-compiled Night Sky Observer Guide observation lists.
+ Note taking. Take text and/or audio notes
+ Observing places. GPS, manual coordinates, custom lists. Database with 24 000 cities worldwide
+ Equipment. Keep track of all your telescopes and eyepieces. Use them for object visibility calculation and star charting. Use 500 popular eyepieces database
+ Twilight calculator. Calculation of the full darkness for a current night and for a month ahead.
+ 2 visual themes (bright and dark)
+ Powerful share/export/import capabilities (of databases, observation lists, notes)
Latest updates
What's new in version 3.8.7
Minor fixes and improvements.How to install DSO Planner Pro (Astronomy) APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download DSO Planner Pro (Astronomy) APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (com.astro.dsoplanner-v3.8.7-ApkClean.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
Older Versions
| 3.8.7 (56) | 3.2 MB |
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User's Reivew
3 ★Have tried it a couple of times, but keep reverting to complete PC-planners like SkyTools and DSP, then transfer plans to the much more smooth SkySafari. That's not optimal either, but best. Can't get why someone would make a planner like this without honoring tablets. Should also install to SD-card, yes can be done. Will watch it though, still the best 'real' planner for Android.
5 ★This app is exactly what I wanted for my astrophotography toolkit. Great starcharts with dss and framing overlays. Huge object list using just about every database I've ever heard of (and a few I hadn't). Customizable filters for magnitude limits, size in arc seconds, and object types to make finding my targets even easier. Highly recommended for anyone into deep sky objects.
5 ★Great app. The best in class for creating observing lists out in the field
5 ★Well thought, well done.
5 ★Excellent app, very complete for my requirements and then some. Endless information in each layer with superb offline capabilities. The DSS photos download for each DSO makes for a great live viewing experience and after observations to browse through its endless content is very satisfying and gives you the feeling that you are still observing from the comfort of your armchair. Great piece of work guys. Thanks very much. 😆
5 ★This is extremely well done for an Android app. There's a very well thought out and articulate user manual - who does that for a phone app?! I am thoroughly impressed! Keep up the great work!
5 ★The most complete star chart app out of all I tried. I would recommend it to everyone. Please read dox for complete list of features, otherwise you would not expect they exist.
5 ★Awesome app. Best ever I have seen or used on my phone.
5 ★Excellent in every way
5 ★amazing app. loving the reach of catalogs and dss data. can it have 1. rectangular field of view overlay with rotation capability? Since app can download dss images, it w'd be great tool for framing the astrophotos if such a camera fov can be overlaid. 2. Dss images when added extra few contours adjoining or rather around that 9 image field to have even more coverage of large object images e.g. objects like IC 1396..the contours hav kind of gaps possibly due to curvature of sky. Can this be avoided?
5 ★Goes beyond all star charts. Great for good old fashioned star hopping. This app will help you find all the dso's your scope can pull in, even the largest scopes.
5 ★It does pretty much everything I wanted to do. I suggested the authors some minor changes and they soon incorporated them in the next release.
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