iOptron Optical Polar Scope 4+
Pole Star Assistant
成城 徐
Designed for iPad
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- £1.99
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Description
This is an app to show the position of the Pole Star (Polaris in Northern Hemisphere, or Sigma Octantis in Southern Hemisphere) in the polar scope of all the iOptron(R) telescope/camera mounts.
The app uses the best algorithm to calculate the position of Pole Star: The algorithm calculates 3D space motion of the Pole Star itself, precession, temperature and barometric pressure corrected atmospheric refraction, nutation, parallax, aberration, and etc.). The overall accuracy of the algorithm has reached sub 0.1 arc-seconds now.
The app now using a 10 minute marker reticle, the same reticle used in the polar scope of iOptron(R) telescope mount since 2014.
A must have for iOptron(R) SkyGuider Pro, iOptron(R) SkyTracker Pro, SkyGuider and SkyTracker users!
Also very helpful for any iOptron(R) telescope mount owners. It may also be used with other brand telescope/camera mounts with similar polar scope reticle.
No human interaction required when iOS devices can using location service normally.
iOS users can manually enter the location when location service is unavailable.
What’s New
Version 8.20
Barometric pressure now correctly displayed in iOS 17.4 and later.
Ratings and Reviews
Useless
This app no longer works on my iPad. The update clearly is not backwards compatible and is not recognised by older iOS.
10Oct19
New version still won't download.
IOptron polarscope
This app no longer works on my iPod.I just have a black screen
One major flaw.
This App works well providing you have a WiFi signal.
As a photographer, I use my mount in remote dark sky locations and because the App is unable to use location services, it will not give you an alignment.
It would be much better if there was a facility to manually add locations on such occasions.
App Privacy
The developer, 成城 徐, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- 成城 徐
- Size
- 1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.4 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.4 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.1 or later.
- Languages
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English, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © iOptron Corporation
- Price
- £1.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.