De laatste tijd begint het aanbod van astronomie gerelateerde applicaties in de Android Market mooie vormen aan te nemen. Daar waar een jaar geleden vooral Google Sky Map aanwezig was, kun je nu een flink aantal leuke applicaties vinden die je hobby opleuken of zelfs echt functioneel iets toevoegen. Een greep uit het assortiment zoals ik dat tegenkwam deze week.
PolarFinder
PolarFinder calculates in real time the Polaris position using GPS and sys date.PolarFinder is a useful tool for helping you in polar alignment of your mount. PolarFinder shows you the actual Polaris position using the system time and GPS location. PolarFinder is an astronomy app.
SkEye
Sky Map (planetarium) for all.
PUSHTO guide for telescopes.SkEye is an advanced sky mapping (planetarium) application that also works as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.
Heavens Above
This application reveals all iridium flares and satelittes (including international space station and amateur radio satellites) passing by at your location.
An auto-adjusting compass pointing in the direction of the satellite or flare helps you tracing the object.
Notifications can be enabled to warn you whenever a satellite of interest passes by.
Astro Panel
Highly detailed astronomy weather forecast. Never miss a clear sky again!Highly detailed astronomy weather forecast. Forecast is from 7Timer and includes:
- Cloud cover
- Seeing
- Transparency
- Instability
- Darkness
- Wind
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Set beautiful astronomy pictures as your homescreen wallpaper!Get the latest pictures from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)!
Each day’s image can be automatically downloaded and set as your homescreen wallpaper automatically so you can enjoy a beautiful new space background every day! Compatible with all launchers.
Press the pictures to get even more options!
Bubble a.k.a. Waterpas
Een waterpas. Houd twee van de vier zijden van de telefoon tegen een object om te kijken of deze waterpas staat, of leg hem op een plat oppervlakte neer voor een 360° meting.- Kalibreren
- Laat de hoek of verhoging zien
- geluid effecten
- Installeren op je SD kaart
- Vastzetten op orientatie
- Geen advertenties
- Geen internet nodig
- Open source
Compass (door Catch.com)
Android’s leading compass, featuring location display and geo-tagged notes.The #1 compass app for Android, featuring different styles, location display, & Catch Notes integration for easy location notes.
Internet permission is used only for Google Analytics so we know which features are used the most & where to improve. There is no unique identifier tied to your usage & your data is not shared.
Heeft ook een night vision (rood) view!
Galaxy Zoo
Perform astronomy on your Android phone! Galaxy Zoo uses gorgeous imagery of hundreds of thousands of galaxies drawn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope archive. To understand how these galaxies, and our own, formed we need your help to classify them according to their shapes — a task at which your brain is better than even the most advanced computer.This app needs an internet connection every so often but is designed to work offline by saving galaxy photos to the SD card. When online and logged into Galaxy Zoo with the app, your answers are uploaded to the main system (periodically).
The app can also be used in practice mode. It’s a good idea to start this way because classifying can be challenging. The photos that produced the images in this app were obtained from telescopes (i.e. Hubble) at or near their maximum power. While sometimes small and difficult to discern, these are the best images we have of these incredibly distant galaxies.
Solar Max
Download the latest images from the NASA/ESA SOHO satellite.Why stare at the Sun? Solar Max downloads the latest images from the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to your phone.
Solar Max feature high resolution images from eight from the SOHO satellite’s sensors that observe the sun around the clock.
Features
- Features images from eight of the SOHO sensors
- Download the latest sensor image by clicking on each of the instrument icons.
Please note that each image is high resolution image and may take time to download depending on your service provider.
Satellite AR
Point your phone at the sky and see actual satellites flying overhead.
Ever wondered what satellites are flying above your head when you look up? This app will show them to you using augmented reality. Point your phone’s camera to the sky, and small icons track the locations of various satellites. Those in sunlight are colored yellow to help you look for them on a clear night.
Messier Objects (Gratis)
This app helps you to record and keep track of your Messier Objects findings.
This astronomy app lets you record and keep track of your night sky findings of the Messier Objects.
It can now link directly to the Google Sky Map, which allows you to find where your favorite Object is!
Press menu in the page of the target Messier Object, then choose “Find in Google Sky Map”.
(Linking to Google Sky Map is an experimental feature as there is not yet any public API available and we only hack the way out!)
