CelestialGuide 4+

Name: CelestialGuide
Price: 0.99 GBP
Rating: 2 (1 reviews)
Author: Geoffrey Domm

Geoffrey Domm

Designed for iPad

- 2.0 • 1 Rating

- £0.99

Description

Celestial Guide is an interactive database of information about stars and planets. Its basic interface is a map of the sky as seen from any point on Earth at any point in time.

The user can manually choose the time and location, or the iPhone's or iPad's GPS and clock can be used to select the current time and location. If the device is pointed at the sky, the map on the screen will be presented corresponding to the actual view in that direction.

The star database includes stars brighter than magnitude 9. The user can select the minimum visible magnitude, which allows the map to conform to the stars which are visible to the user based on local viewing conditions.

CelestialGuide presents accurate locations of planets and comets, including rendering of eclipses, transits and occultations that are visible from the selected location. CelestialGuide also has a database of Messier Objects.

CelestialGuide also includes a Virtual Orrery, displaying the relative position of the planets and comets at any point in time.

21 Dec 2022

Version 3.0

Updated Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Updated Comet Database
Easier Access to Orrery and Settings by swiping
Updated to iOS 16.2

2.0 out of 5

1 Rating

Jerky & difficult to use

Installed on iPad with iOS 7.1.2

Good points, shows RA and Declination.

Bad points, jerky movement of display, even if names are switched off.

Overall disappointing.

The developer, Geoffrey Domm, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.