Singularity by Vaonis 4+
Vaonis
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- Free
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Description
Singularity by Vaonis is the control center for your Stellina and Vespera observation stations. This intuitive mobile application allows you to explore the Cosmos with ease.
Receive personalized recommendations on which objects to observe according to your geolocation and the astronomical calendar.
Learn more about the history of the Universe and immortalize your trip by photographing galaxies, nebulae and star clusters.
AUTOMATIC SETUP
Just press the button, and let Stellina and Vespera do the rest. Your new companion will use your GPS to find its position on Earth, adjust its focus and be ready to take you anywhere you want in less than 5 minutes.
AUTOMATIC ALIGNEMENT AND TRACKING
Choose your destination in the Singularity object catalog or enter the celestial coordinates of the object.
Your station will automatically point to the selected area, and track it to maintain optimal viewing conditions.
IMAGE PROCESSING
It only takes a few seconds for Stellina and Vespera to deliver the first image of your destination before compiling dozens, hundreds or even thousands of other images in real time, progressively revealing ever greater details and colors.
SPACE CENTER
Take control of your station from the Space Center: prepare your observation evening by checking the weather forecast, create and manage your observation locations, check the parameters of Stellina/Vespera... You can also read the astronomical news or our advice on Stellina and Vespera on our blog while waiting for nightfall.
MOSAIC MODE
CovalENS is the first automated “panorama mode” ever embedded into a telescope.
This unique patented technology, developed by Vaonis, allows you to take several photos of a same stellar region and then automatically stitch them together, thus offering users a larger view (field) of the universe.
SOLAR MODE
Observe easily and safely the closest star to Earth during the day with the Vaonis solar filters. The Solar Mode allows you to observe and capture sunspots that show the intensity of the Sun’s activity.
EXPERT MODE
Access an unlimited number of objects with coordinate pointing. Customize your camera's exposure time and gain to generate initial files for manual processing using image editing software.
PLAN MY NIGHT
Program your observation station for the night and let it explore the Universe on its own. After a good night's sleep, recover your photos on a USB key (Stellina) or via Wi-FI FTP protocol (Vespera).
SHARE YOUR JOURNEY ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
Your trip is over, share it! Show the world your photos on social networks and join our community of explorers, using the hashtags #myStellina or #myVespera.
What’s New
Version 1.30.2
Vespera and Stellina:
-Correction of "hot pixels" and satellite trails.
-JPEG metadata is now adjusted based on cumulative observation in multi-night mode.
Vespera Pro:
-Optimization of solar and lunar imaging.
Vespera II and Passengers:
- Improved image processing for the Moon.
- General performance enhancements for a smoother user experience.
- Compatibility with iOS 18.
Ratings and Reviews
Love it
Been getting great results. Need to have planning enabled for the new scope. Also, since the scope is limited to it’s own processing, would be nice to have in-app post processing or even restacking with different settings. Would also be great to stack over different nights. Finally, pictures of the moon are horrible, not sure why, but given ten minutes for the ring nebula in light polluted sky’s, I am impressed.
Please please please add landscape for iPad.
The fact that landscape is not supported on iPad is a huge development oversight. Please support landscape for iPad. No one uses an iPad in portrait mode.
Aside from that, the app seems smooth. Like another reviewer, I too downloaded the app in anticipation of my Vespera being delivered tomorrow. That being the case, I haven’t used it outside of signing up and a quick browse through the tabs to see what is offered. Not much going on in the app without the telescope connected, so I’ll update my review after I spend some time with it.
Seriously, the app being forced into portrait mode makes me apprehensive to even open the telescope. If I have to use the app in portrait, I’m not sure I even want the hardware. Please fix this asap.
OK, but …
Just got my Vespera Pro and am enjoying Singularity. However it desperately needs:
1. Landscape mode - no one uses iPad in portrait mode, particularly when attached to a Magic Keyboard. This seems a massive oversight.
2. Access point - the WiFi works well, but there are times when the range is not enough (e.g., it’s on the roof and I sleep 2 stories down). Being able to connect the device to your home network would address this and also seems more secure.
3. File transfer over USB. Off loading 50Gb of FIts files over WiFi takes a long time (3hours). USB should be faster.
4. Vision Pro - why have you restricted it? Astronomy is made for Vision Pro. Not asking for anything special here, just let us use the iPad app on Vision Pro.
What would be even better would be enabling the Vespera to have ASCOM compatible drivers so that it could be controlled by more advanced sequencers like NINA.
App Privacy
The developer, Vaonis, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Other Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- VAONIS
- Size
- 360.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, Japanese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2018 Vaonis
- Price
- Free