SkyView®

Explore the Universe

$2.99

7.6K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Terminal Eleven LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

117.7
MB

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SkyView® brings stargazing to everyone. Simply point your iPhone, iPad, or iPod at the sky to identify stars, constellations, planets, satellites, and more! Over 3.2 million downloads. App Store Rewind 2011 -- Best Education App “If you've ever wanted to know what you're looking at in the night sky, this app is the perfect stargazer's companion.” – CNET "If you’ve ever been looking for a stargazing app for your iPhone, then this [is] definitely the one to get." – AppAdvice “SkyView is an Augmented Reality app that lets you see just what delights the sky has to offer.” – 148Apps Editor’s Choice You don't need to be an astronomer to find stars or constellations in the sky, just open SkyView® and let it guide you to their location and identify them. SkyView® is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find all 88 constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky, locate every planet in our solar system, discover distant galaxies, and witness satellite fly-bys. Features: • Simple: Point your device at the sky to identify galaxies, stars, constellations, planets, and satellites (including the ISS and Hubble) passing overhead at your location. • Sighting Events: schedule alerts for upcoming celestial events. • Apple Watch: see what objects are visible tonight and how to spot them using your Apple Watch. • Today Widget: brand new iOS 8 today widget lets you quickly see upcoming celestial events. • Night Mode: Preserve your night vision with red or green night mode filters. • Augmented Reality (AR): Use your camera to spot objects in the sky, day or night. • Sky Paths: Follow the sky track for any object to see it’s exact location in the sky on any date and time. • Comprehensive: Includes thousands of stars, planets, and satellites with thousands of interesting facts. • Time Travel: Jump to the future or the past and see the sky on different dates and times. • Social: Capture and share beautiful images with friends and family on social networks. • Mobile: WiFi is NOT required (does not require a data signal or GPS to function). Take it camping, boating, or even flying! What a fun way to teach yourself, your children, your students, or your friends about our wonderful universe!

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

7.6K Ratings

I used to have to figure out where planets and DSOs were by counting finger widths!
05/22/2017

Theresse
This app is so helpful when using a telescope or binoculars (tells you right where to look for what you want to see closer up with your equipment) but is also fun to use just to know where everything is in relationship to where I am and where the horizon is etc. I love being able to "see through" Earth - to see what space objects are beneath us at that moment and unseen by us because the Earth is in the way. I love the many facts we'll get if we click on the object (or do a search). I love enabling the trajectory to see where the object will be and at what time (allows me to plan my star-gazing evening hours and hours earlier). I love the relaxing music (tho a larger variety would be fun...however would also take up more storage?). I appreciate the option to manually calibrate my smart phone/camera to any particular item in the sky so that the view through my phone will be spot on (vs. where the app might otherwise be showing me the object is compared to where my phone's screen shows me the object is, if that makes sense). It also does it automatically but I prefer to use my own eye against an object that's easy to see like the moon or a bright planet or star. This has been a VERY entertaining app at gatherings/parties where others always end up downloading the app for themselves after using it on my phone...and I love how my kids love using it. Why? Because it's not a damned video game! It's also fun to see all the space trash out there (rocket bodies etc)! The newer option to have the app features lit up with red light instead of the usual color is SO important for those of us who want to keep our night vision after it's carefully adjusted to the darkness of the night sky. Lastly it's fun to take photos with the app and then to share on social media or to send to a friend or family member. Thanks so much for such a useful, practical, interesting and fun app!
I used to have to figure out where planets and DSOs were by counting finger widths!
05/22/2017

Theresse

This app is so helpful when using a telescope or binoculars (tells you right where to look for what you want to see closer up with your equipment) but is also fun to use just to know where everything is in relationship to where I am and where the horizon is etc. I love being able to "see through" Earth - to see what space objects are beneath us at that moment and unseen by us because the Earth is in the way. I love the many facts we'll get if we click on the object (or do a search). I love enabling the trajectory to see where the object will be and at what time (allows me to plan my star-gazing evening hours and hours earlier). I love the relaxing music (tho a larger variety would be fun...however would also take up more storage?). I appreciate the option to manually calibrate my smart phone/camera to any particular item in the sky so that the view through my phone will be spot on (vs. where the app might otherwise be showing me the object is compared to where my phone's screen shows me the object is, if that makes sense). It also does it automatically but I prefer to use my own eye against an object that's easy to see like the moon or a bright planet or star. This has been a VERY entertaining app at gatherings/parties where others always end up downloading the app for themselves after using it on my phone...and I love how my kids love using it. Why? Because it's not a damned video game! It's also fun to see all the space trash out there (rocket bodies etc)! The newer option to have the app features lit up with red light instead of the usual color is SO important for those of us who want to keep our night vision after it's carefully adjusted to the darkness of the night sky. Lastly it's fun to take photos with the app and then to share on social media or to send to a friend or family member. Thanks so much for such a useful, practical, interesting and fun app!
Cool and informative, but could use a few things
01/14/2020

testtrack king
I initially tried the SkyView Lite with my son after buying him a telescope a few weeks back. My initial thoughts of the app were great (still is) as you can point up, down, side-to-side and behind you and find what’s out there. This gets me dizzy and somewhat lost when trying relocate the object through the telescope.A few nights back, we went to a viewing event and found another similar app (stellarium) which did not have (could be user settings) all of the constellation artwork pop ups and things getting in the way to try and find certain nebula and various other objects. His app simplified with a real-time view (potentially used a light pollution map) of what’s visible by the eye, to help find objects. He also did not have to point the app up, he held it at ground level and was able to match the stars visible currently to the eye, vs holding up the phone and getting lost within all the stars in the sky with your app. Long story short I found some settings in this app to remove the pop up constellation artwork and reduce some of the stars, planets and satellites, however I’m not able to eliminate the point up to see option. Is there a setting for that in this app? I would like to hold the phone flat like I’m texting and see a real time view of what’s viewable with my eye, vs getting dizzy with the moving and spinning of the app.
Cool and informative, but could use a few things
01/14/2020

testtrack king

I initially tried the SkyView Lite with my son after buying him a telescope a few weeks back. My initial thoughts of the app were great (still is) as you can point up, down, side-to-side and behind you and find what’s out there. This gets me dizzy and somewhat lost when trying relocate the object through the telescope.A few nights back, we went to a viewing event and found another similar app (stellarium) which did not have (could be user settings) all of the constellation artwork pop ups and things getting in the way to try and find certain nebula and various other objects. His app simplified with a real-time view (potentially used a light pollution map) of what’s visible by the eye, to help find objects. He also did not have to point the app up, he held it at ground level and was able to match the stars visible currently to the eye, vs holding up the phone and getting lost within all the stars in the sky with your app. Long story short I found some settings in this app to remove the pop up constellation artwork and reduce some of the stars, planets and satellites, however I’m not able to eliminate the point up to see option. Is there a setting for that in this app? I would like to hold the phone flat like I’m texting and see a real time view of what’s viewable with my eye, vs getting dizzy with the moving and spinning of the app.
Not calibrated
09/23/2020

HardToDoWithNNamesTaken
Overall I like this app. It is easy to use. You look at the sky you put the circle on the star you want and it tells you what it is. The only thing bad at this point is two days ago the calibration doesn’t work. So when I came to Circle at the sky, the planet from my perspective is about a foot off to the left. I use the manual calibration tool, but when you use it you can’t see the name of the planet and you can’t make it stay on the planet. I do not see any way to get a hold a Overall I like this app. It is easy to use. You look at the sky you put the circle on the star you want and it tells you what it is. The only thing bad at this point is two days ago the calibration doesn’t work. So when I am in the circle at the sky, the planet from my perspective is about a foot off to the left. I use the manual calibration tool, but when you use it you can’t see the name of the planet and you can’t make it stay on the planet. I do not see any way to get a hold of support.Im searching for a clue on the Internet to fix it I find other people have had this problem also. If you can fix the calibration I would certainly give it a five star.
Not calibrated
09/23/2020

HardToDoWithNNamesTaken

Overall I like this app. It is easy to use. You look at the sky you put the circle on the star you want and it tells you what it is. The only thing bad at this point is two days ago the calibration doesn’t work. So when I came to Circle at the sky, the planet from my perspective is about a foot off to the left. I use the manual calibration tool, but when you use it you can’t see the name of the planet and you can’t make it stay on the planet. I do not see any way to get a hold a Overall I like this app. It is easy to use. You look at the sky you put the circle on the star you want and it tells you what it is. The only thing bad at this point is two days ago the calibration doesn’t work. So when I am in the circle at the sky, the planet from my perspective is about a foot off to the left. I use the manual calibration tool, but when you use it you can’t see the name of the planet and you can’t make it stay on the planet. I do not see any way to get a hold of support.Im searching for a clue on the Internet to fix it I find other people have had this problem also. If you can fix the calibration I would certainly give it a five star.
Addictive!
08/23/2023

joelepore154
I am very much a beginner when it comes to looking at the sky. Had a nice telescope but due to my location I really needed to travel about 25 west where the area is very rural. I mean how many times can you you look at the moon(even though it fascinated eveytime). So SKYVIEW, that’s why we’re here. I can spend hours walking along A1A in Palm Beach using SkyView. Looking at stars and different galaxies. Point your camera to the sky, touch any star or planet OR tap on any space junk orbiting the earth (that in itself is overwhelming), any little dot you see which could be another galaxy. Below on your screen you will get the information on exactly what you are looking at. Very cool stuff. To think we cannot get from one end of our galaxy to the other. And there are millions of galaxies out there😳😎We can’t be the only ones!!! The app is great. Fun, informative. User friendly!
Addictive!
08/23/2023

joelepore154

I am very much a beginner when it comes to looking at the sky. Had a nice telescope but due to my location I really needed to travel about 25 west where the area is very rural. I mean how many times can you you look at the moon(even though it fascinated eveytime). So SKYVIEW, that’s why we’re here. I can spend hours walking along A1A in Palm Beach using SkyView. Looking at stars and different galaxies. Point your camera to the sky, touch any star or planet OR tap on any space junk orbiting the earth (that in itself is overwhelming), any little dot you see which could be another galaxy. Below on your screen you will get the information on exactly what you are looking at. Very cool stuff. To think we cannot get from one end of our galaxy to the other. And there are millions of galaxies out there😳😎We can’t be the only ones!!! The app is great. Fun, informative. User friendly!

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Seller: Terminal Eleven LLC
Size: 117.7 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

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