Astrolabe Clock is an astronomical clock inspired by the astrolabe, an ancient astronomical instrument used to tell time and to predict the location of the Sun, stars and planets. This modern interpretation gives a view of the sky showing at a glance the time of day, day of year, and the location in the sky of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars. Astrolabe Clock also gives the time of sunrise and sunset, the phase of the Moon, transit times for the Sun, Moon, planets and stars, and can be used to show the occurrence of solar and lunar eclipses.
This is literally exactly what I wanted. I had a Win-32 application that did some of what this thing does as my background, but this is way better. Most importantly, it's in my pocket. Love the drag-the-time feature. Clear that the author wanted to make the app usable above all else. Works on >= iOS 6 which is perfect for a Luddite like me. No dumb or useless features. All parameters manually settable.Perfect.
Really Neat Way to Look at the Sky!
PeteNH
This may not be brand new or flashy, but I really love the way this astrolabe visualizes the relationships between the celestial bodies as a function of time. If you actually read the instructions and play with the app you learn a lot about how things are related. Well done!
Perfect!
gr8sailor
I just got my first GermanEquatorial Mount (with a new Scope obviously), and was really disappointed when I found-out about setting the Right Ascension manual dial.Now, with this App, I have my local position setting right on my phone....already calculated. All I have to do is aim my scope due south, reset, then find my next target.Thanks much!
As a mechanical astrolabe user
Skypeuserabc
Oh look, the North Star. No, that is not the North Star. To begin with, you were looking to the south. That is Venus.That was an actual exchange with a neighbor. With this incredible app, you too can be the neighborhood expert on those bright objects in the sky.I have used a mechanical astrolabe for decades, but it does not show the planets. This iPhone app is the perfect complement.
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.
New USER SUGGESTED features:
- Local Apparent Sidereal Time displayed
- Ecliptic Poles shown
- Option to reverse East and West directions. Use this when in the "North" projection to show time increasing clockwise as on a traditional astrolabe instrument.
Also:
- Fixed error in the location of the boundaries between zodiac signs
- Settings button now consistent with iOS 8 style
- Other minor bug fixes
Version 1.11
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Information
Seller
Michael Smith
Size
1.8 MB
Category
Reference
Compatibility
Requires iOS 6.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 6.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 6.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 6.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
