Live Star Chart (Planetarium) Apk
Latest version 1.0.7
17 Mar 2015
Apk Infos
| Version | 1.0.7 |
| Rating | 3.9/5, based on 493 votes |
| Size | 41.8 MB |
| Requires Android | Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| Author's Notes | A clear and detailed star chart with a wealth of additional functionality |
About Live Star Chart (Planetarium) APK
Table Of Contents
Description
Live Star Chart is an astronomy app for sophisticated star enthusiasts, hobby astronomers and star-gazers who value well-founded and precise astronomical illustrations and data.The basic app function displays a detailed and scalable celestial map with constellations and celestial objects (limit magnitude up to 6.3) that are visible with the naked eye or smaller telescopes. The place and time of observation as well as the direction of view can be manually configured by the user or automatically with the so-called “Live mode” (i.e. GPS, real-time and compass-guided).
Detailed additional information is available for every celestial object (fixed star, deep sky object, planet, moon, sun, meteorite shower). The information of the Bright Star Catalog and the Washington Double Star Catalog is made available for fixed stars. Additionally, users can add notes and links for every object.
The powerful search function makes it possible to align the map to a specific celestial object or guide the observer – in „live mode“ – to an object in the starry sky with specific notices. Searches can be performed according to the traditional name of an object, the catalog designation or the constellation. Moreover, the app makes it easy to identify celestial objects by aligning the device to the object in “Live mode”.
The functionality of the app is complemented by a number of astronomical tools and data.
Astronomical events
• Table-format display of the most important astronomical events within a definable time period
Orbit diagram
• Scalable illustration of orbits and positions of planets, minor planets and more than 150 minor objects (asteroids, comets) in the solar system (orrery)
Moon view (orthogonal projection):
• Scalable, orthogonal, geocentric or topocentric moon projection while properly taking the libration, moon phase, position angle and parallactic angle into account
• Optional labeling of the major lunar features (maria, craters, mountains, lacus, sinus, paludes)
• Optional selenographic coordinate grid
Rise and set diagram:
• Diagram showing the visibility of the planets, the sun and the moon at a glance
Positions of the major satellites of Jupiter and Saturn:
• Diagram showing the positions of the major satellites of Jupiter and Saturn relative to the planet
• JI-JIV: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
• SI-SVIII: Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus
Tabular data:
• Rise, culmination and set times of the planets, sun and moon
• Times and circumstances of planetary phenomena (oppositions, conjunctions, greatest elongation, stations)
• Times and circumstances of lunar phenomena (new moon, full moon, passages of the nodes, apogee and perigee)
• Times of the equinoxes and solstices
• Times and local circumstances of solar and lunar eclipses
• Times of transits, eclipses, occultations and shadow transits of the major satellites of Jupiter and Saturn
Ephemerides calculator:
• Definable time range and time step
• Heliocentric, geocentric, and topocentric positions of the sun, planets and moon in ecliptical, equatorial, and horizontal coordinates with corrections for parallax and refraction
• Heliocentric velocity of the planets
• Physical ephemerides: apparent diameter, magnitude, phase
• Geocentric and topocentric lunar libration
Morning and evening appearance of Venus and Mercury:
• Illustration of the position of Venus or Mercury with respect to the rising/setting sun over a synodic period
Latest updates
What's new in version 1.0.7
1.0.7:* improved performance
* minor bug fixes and improvements
1.0.5:
* Constellation boundaries
* Milky Way boundaries and galactic center
* Fixed issue with lunar projection
* Change log
How to install Live Star Chart (Planetarium) APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download Live Star Chart (Planetarium) 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 (de.alcyone.livestarchart-v1.0.7-ApkClean.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
Older Versions
| 1.0.7 (7) | 41.8 MB |
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User's Reivew
5 ★I Iike it a lot, especially as you can select azimuth to work either poles.I have tried a dozen other star charts and this in terms of practicality isway ahead of the rest. I have only one suggestion that would a great helpto my old eyes, please could we have the option of enlarging the fonts?
5 ★Having tried plenty of star chart apps, this is one of the nicest. Not too complex and really well designed. I shall be using this a lot. Thank you.
5 ★As an observatory director, I'm constantly looking for the best skycharting app; this one has quickly become my favorite. The no-nonsense,resource-efficient, vector-based charting and thoughtful settings are muchappreciated, and the tool menu is full of handy gems. I'd give it 6 starsif I could. Many thanks to the devs for making a star program that is moreabout substance than flash.
5 ★Just what the doctor, or in this case the photographer ordered. Now I can find pictures of specific stars or distant objects to take pictures of
5 ★I did not want one of those point at the sky apps. This app is perfect for me.
1 ★Doesn't work. All I get is a frozen screen that doesn't move or change no matter what I do. Uninstalled
5 ★MY GOTO STAR CHART, LOVE IT. WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE THE SKY FROM ANOTHER PLACE AND NOT BE CONFUSED ABOUT THE TIME BEING RIGHT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONFLICT BTWN LOCAL AND 9BSERVED TIME AND LOCATION. ALSO, PAID FOR UPGRADE, STILL GET AN UPGRADE PROMPT. STILL LOVE IT , I USE IT DAILY. Hey, I still get rate this prompts in features and have paid. What do I need to do?
4 ★It helps me learn the sky every night I'm getting to know the stars names now I'm getting to learn what type of stars they are because by looking at him every night knowing their names I can look them up on google and find out what classification of the start is and it's quite concerning that we have that's super giant star they only live a hundred thousand years and you never know when they're going to go off your mind already blown up in the light hasn't got here yet anyways I just love the application
5 ★I would have to be picky to criticize. It is just shy of perfectly robust. Bravo.
5 ★The more I use this app and the more I learn about it, the more I am of the opinion that it is vastly superior to other apps of this sort. The other apps are not bad, by the way.
4 ★Best app out there but I have paid version and it still says my trial version is expired and cannot use full functionality
5 ★Excelente programa, en particular para aficionados más avanzados. Tiene cálculos de planetas y sus satélites, así como los fenómenos de los mismos. Tiene vínculos con otras fuentes como Wikipedia.
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