I have also included the publisher of the app, category, and description of the application so you can get an idea of what to expect before downloading it. Some of these astronomy apps are only available for one or the other. The Astrospheric Astronomy Weather Forecast App (Android).įor other apps, such as Stellarium, seeing how many other people were using the app in the astrophotography community helped validate its relevance and practicality in 2021.įor each mobile app on this list, I have stated whether it is available in the Apple App Store or the Google Play store. In particular, there were some incredibly useful weather forecasting apps I was not taking advantage of (such as Astrospheric) to help plan my astrophotography sessions in the backyard. I was absolutely astonished to find out just how many amazing astronomy apps I hadn’t heard of before, that I now use and enjoy on a daily basis. I’ve reached out to the astrophotography and astronomy community on Twitter to find out which astronomy apps are the most popular. If you’re looking to inject a little more astronomy into your iPhone or Android Device (I personally use a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra), the following list of apps should come in very handy. It also has a night mode so that you can use the app or site when out in the night without ruining your night vision.In this post, I’ve rounded up a list of useful astronomy apps for your mobile phone or tablet. You can adjust what you see to take account of the atmosphere and light pollution where you are, as well as being able to add things like visible deep sky objects. You can explore times and direction, but in this screenshot you can see that when facing South-West at around 4 am on 5th September 2020 I was able to see: In the image below you can see the example from my location: If you go to the website or open the app on your phone (and allow auto-location), it will provide a picture of the night sky for where you are. We recommend the website and mobile app Stellarium as the easiest way to do this. The easiest way is therefore to use a digital platform (website or mobile app) that takes into account your location and date and provides a picture of the night sky for you. There are a lot of variables at play in working out what might be above you in the night sky tonight (and at what time and direction).
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