SkyPointer
SkyPointer - The easy way to find Planets, ISS and much more
Gerhard Buder · com.skypointer.android
UpdatedJun 13, 2024
PublishedJun 12, 2023
Packagecom.skypointer.android
MD5f4427a17915be020f196a79361f46e01
SHA1 (signer)5D:8D:C5:8C:CB:92:76:C1:7E:FB:5B:EE:99:D9:62:D1:05:85:51:11
Signed byCN=Gerhard Buder
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What's new
*new* Chinese Space Station Tiangong
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Description
SkyPointer is a simple but useful tool to show the position of sun, moon, the brightest planets, the International Space Station ISS, Hubble telescope, the chinese station Tiangong2 and other objects. All objects are visible to the unaided eye. With SkyPointer it is easy to find out the position of the sky objects at a specific time or a specific date.
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9w4iIgyIrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q9h_JauZUM
For example you can easily find out the different solar altitudes between summer and winter.
SkyPointer does not need internet connection except for downloading orbit data for satellites triggered by yourself.
*** PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPASS IS CALIBRATED ***
Observing aspects:
The planets are visible as small light points. The brightest planets are Venus and Jupiter. Mars appears as small red dot. You can see the ring of Saturn with a good binocular. Mercury is hard to observe because it is very close to sun. Uranus appears not brighter than a normal star.
The ISS appears as bright point of light when sunlit. The ISS point moves much faster than a plane and is brighter than the brightest star.
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9w4iIgyIrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q9h_JauZUM
For example you can easily find out the different solar altitudes between summer and winter.
SkyPointer does not need internet connection except for downloading orbit data for satellites triggered by yourself.
*** PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPASS IS CALIBRATED ***
Observing aspects:
The planets are visible as small light points. The brightest planets are Venus and Jupiter. Mars appears as small red dot. You can see the ring of Saturn with a good binocular. Mercury is hard to observe because it is very close to sun. Uranus appears not brighter than a normal star.
The ISS appears as bright point of light when sunlit. The ISS point moves much faster than a plane and is brighter than the brightest star.
Required features
- Faketouch android.hardware.faketouch
- Location android.hardware.location
- Sensor Compass android.hardware.sensor.compass
Permissions (10)
SkyPointer requests the following Android permissions:
- Access Coarse Location android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- Access Fine Location android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
- Access Network State android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- Camera android.permission.CAMERA
- Disable Keyguard android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD
- Internet android.permission.INTERNET
- Wake Lock android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Com Android Alarm Permission Set Alarm com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM
- Finsky Permission Bind Get Install Referrer Service com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Gms Permission Ad Id com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
