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Updated:
BundleID:
com.google.android.stardroid
Version:
Latest
Category:
Books & Reference
Required:
Android
Rating:
Publish:
2021-12-20
Price:
Free
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WHAT'S NEW

Adds Comet Leonard, which will be visible for a few days around Christmas.

Sundry translation improvements and a major refactoring of the code.

Sky Map App SCREENSHOT

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Sky Map App DESCRIPTION

Sky Map is a hand-held planetarium for your Android device. Use it to identify stars, planets, nebulae and more. Originally developed as Google Sky Map, it has now been donated and open sourced.

Troubleshooting/FAQ

The Map doesn’t move/points in the wrong place

Make sure you haven’t switched into manual mode. Does your phone have a compass? If not, Sky Map cannot tell your orientation. Look it up here: http://www.gsmarena.com/

Try calibrating your compass by moving it in a figure of 8 motion or as described here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EPbAapaeI.

Are there any magnets or metal nearby that might interfere with the compass?

Try switching off “magnetic correction” (in settings) and see if that is more accurate.

Why is autolocation not supported for my phone?

In Android 6 the way permissions work has changed. You need to enable the location permission setting for Sky Map as described here: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/6270602?p=app_permissons_m

The Map is jittery

If you have a phone that lacks a gyro then some jitter is to be expected. Try adjusting the sensor speed and damping (in settings).

Do I need an internet connection?

No, but some functions (like entering your location manually) won’t work without one. You’ll have to use the GPS or enter a latitude and longitude instead.

Can I help test the latest features?

Sure! Join our beta testing program and get the latest version. https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.stardroid

Find us elsewhere:

GitHub: https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113507592330/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/skymapdevs

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App REVIEWS

Screamin..

Have used for years, and it's mostly great; however... Needs the option to lock labels into one orientation (so that when you hold your phone straight up, then a little further back, the labels don't all flip upside down making them more difficult to read). Also, a setting that lets you keep the heads-up menu from auto-disappearing when you tap a button would be great (i.e. - maybe I'd like to deselect galaxies AND planets without the menu disappearing before I can tap the Planets icon).

Charlie

Been using since it was a Google app. Recently it thought I was at the equator with Polaris near due north. Used the manual location settings to fix. Also, calibration has been a problem on and off for years. Happy to see a manual option to force calibration in settings. While this app isn't perfect, I prefer it to competitors that I presume are infected with ads and bloatware. Deducting a star for jittery map and occasional bugginess that is corrected with a reboot.

Amy

Worked amazingly well until it didn't. I loved everything about it until I could no longer calibrate the app. I'm an avid star gazer (amateur), so this was so fun! I even bought the extensions so I could see satellites. But suddenly I couldn't calibrate the program. Even wiping my entire phone and reinstalling didn't help. (north was west). After years of service, I finally uninstalled

Daxxydog

Worked great for years and I really enjoyed it, but not anymore. I had this app on many phones, but it has consistently failed over the last two installs. The last install would not calibrate no matter what I did and when I put out on a new phone this week, it will move on the manual screen but locks the screen when on auto near "Nadir". I'm sad. Now I have to find another app that will work.

Scot

Had this app for years. The interface works well, but it is now wildly inaccurate, showing the position of the moon this morning, for example, some 135 degrees away from where it actually is in the sky, or the sun overhead when it is still below the horizon, despite manually correcting the date/time settings that were off by 7 hours somehow. Timing must be broken, and then some...

Stephen

Sky Map is excellent, a true revelation of the sky! Well done to all Devs. You have to make sure the compass is calibrated though to ensure accurate alignment. As well as the suggestions in the app, imagine rolling a ball around the screen to aid on the calibration (that's how my compass app does it anyway!). For me, the app always reports uncalibrated even when it is, although it reports accuracy as high. Could be my phone I guess? Anyway I love the app.

Roman

The position of stars and the moon are off by a significant amount, perhaps 45 degrees. Useful as a sky map but the auto positioning mode does not work. Yes, I did recalibrate the sensors a couple of times, and it did not help. Could be my phone's fault I suppose, but the GPS compass appears to point the right way.

Ken

The updated app doesn't seem to show current position properly. It says the sun should be 30 degrees above the horizon when it's just sunrise. I've tried on multiple devices and Android versions, and they all malfunction in this way. Specifically allowed location permissions to the app, confirmed high accuracy, but still off. However, the time travel works like champ. Hoping this gets fixed.

Mark

Excellent free astronomy app without ads and other "upgrade" nonsense. I like the visual perspective this app provides compared to similar apps and ease of use as a mobile solution. I would like to be able to zoom out further for a greater field of view as well as an option to lock on the horizon during time travel. Rated 5 stars for a good experience.

Spotted

Really love this app. Works great on my Galaxy A51. One thing bothers me though.. the background is annoying. At night I want the whole background to be solid black. There is no option Ive found to turn off that black to blue hazy gradient thing that is permanently in the background. I can turn off everything else, stars, planets, etc. So why not let users turn off the annoying background coloring? Makes it less enjoyable to use in the dark. Please fix in the next version. Otherwise, its awesome

Daylan

Works perfect as long as your phone has the ability to be a compass. Really cool features for finding things and even shows stuff in the past and future. Looking around with the phone matches up almost spot on. I would like to be able to tap on objects and get some information on them, that would be pretty cool.

oh

Very good, I love looking at this to find planets in the night sky. However I have always had trouble with the default mode because the map wouldn't move with my phone. I figured out that my phone doesn't have a gyro and I have a solution to others out there with the same issue. First, open the app, then once you're in the map, tap the three dots at the top right corner. then you click 'Sensor Settings' then you click 'disable Gyroscope' And it's that simple! Hope this helps.
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Glad you found that! We'd make this behavior automatic, but unfortunately some phones 'report' that they have sensors that they don't have and vice versa!

Ryan

I really like the way Sky map is set up, the options are great, but I have a confusing issue (solved). You were right, Sky map didn't know my lat and long, I played with the settings and it's right on point now, thank you for your help. The constellations seem to be rotated out of alignment. As an example, Cassiopeia should be almost directly over head given where I live and the time of year, but the app reports it on the Northeastern horizon instead, even when I use search.
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Glad you solved it Ryan. We probably need to work on the location code a bit and make it more obvious when we haven't successfully got hold of it. Android makes it harder to get the user's location these days (this is a Good Thing) - but sometimes it gets in the way of the user sharing it even when they want to.

Joe

I love this app I've been using it for years and it has not disappointed me at all, you can view the planets the constellations and everything else expected in a sky view map. This is the one map you got to have. Because the other apps if you read the critical remarks about them all of them do not work except this one and I have an LG G7 Slim. Great app and i would recomend it to anyone. The adds dont even disrupt your viewing pleasure, they are very small and at the very bottom of the page.

Graham

Lovley visuals, the ability to find an object track its course to find out where and at what time it will rise above the horizon is brilliant. It is a shame that this is hampered by (as with other apps) the pointing being so off, (almost 90 degrees sometimes, admitted it could be my phone) add to that there is absolutely no option to recalibrate or adjust the pointing in the menu. Maybe that could be added to the next update. It could be very usable otherwise.

Guest

Interesting app... Major problem is the compass is never accurate. The app will tell you if the internal compass needs calibration. This never works, even at high accuracy, it still is off by 90 degrees, give or take. There should be an actual manual calibration option. Not some silly flip-your-phone-for-twenty-minutes-for-no-measurable-improvement method.

Guest

used to be my favorite app bit for some reason recently the calibration is totally off. my phone shows high accuracy and I have no issues with any other apps but everything is way off now. it's great to have all the constellations but when things aren't lined up it's kind of pointless. very disappointed with whatever it is they did to lose their accuracy.

Guest

This is a very useful app to help locate stars. I have a few issues though, which I hope the developer can address. 1. Upon loading, it always focuses on the nadir, which makes no sense. Is there a way to get it to focus on the horizon by default? 2. I have to press the mode icon 3 times to get it to allow manual navigation. 3. Orientation. It only allows portrait view. Even when force horizontal is enabled, the text is still in vertical view. If these can be fixed, I'd give it 5* :)

Guest

It would be a mediocre product if it could ever seem to calibrate its directions properly. I can be looking east and it'll think I'm looking south. I've had this issue for years across three phones, while other similar space apps work fine. ///// Another issue is that it does not include any guidance of what each of the on/off icons are for (though most are easy to figure out by toggling on/off if you have some basic astro skills, you should NEED to have those skills). ///// It's pretty, but it's a very bare bones app that lacks features you'd find in most other apps (even the free ones). It appears to lack all of the following: (1) Objects of immediate interest that are kind of a low-bar for apps like this, such as comets, asteroids, satellites, and space stations. (2) The ability to hone in on or filter explicitly for neat astronomical stuff like black holes, gamma ray bursts, pulsars, recent supernovas, etc. (3) The ability to track/forecast positions of objects, or to change dates/times. (4) The ability to tap on objects to get more information about the objects, its coordinates, etc. (5) Doesn't even include most of the stars you can see with the naked eye.

Guest

The app itself seems to have had some care in its creation, but unfortunately, at least for me, I noticed severe sensitivity issues when using the location. While this can be superseded by the hand motion, it doesn't excuse that a major aspect failed critically for me after multiple tries. I hadn't even been able to test the accuracy of the app due to this, let alone, enjoy it.