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    John ShrewsburyJohn Shrewsbury
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    I’m looking around for a star guide for an Android smartphone, to go beyond basics without plunging straight into great technical depths. In particular, I want something that is practical in the dark and without internet connection, and not coffee-table photos or ancient Greek asterisms and their mythology.

    At the moment I’m more interested in deep-sky than satellites or ISS. I have only small binoculars, no telescope of my own. It would be good to have an app that works well with CAS observatory equipment.

    My smartphone is a Motorola G4 Plus, with fairly standard Android 7.0. It has GPS, so it knows where it is, but I don’t think it has a magnetometer/compass, so it doesn’t know where it’s pointing, but I’m prepared to work on that for myself.

    Any recommendations or favourites? A topic to warm up this evening’s soapbox discussions? Sorry if I can’t make it.

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    Terry RichardsonTerry Richardson
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    John,

     

    I have Stellarium for my android (samsung). Its free and works well.

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    Anonymous
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    Stellarium and sky safari are both great and each has their strengths. I recommend both

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    Anonymous
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    (Also see conversation under Astro-photography topic.  I will add recently gained information to that one.)

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