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SkyPortal Analysis

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SkyPortal is an educational application designed for Android users interested in astronomy. This free app provides a user-friendly interface that allows users to explore celestial objects, identify stars, planets, and constellations, and enhance their stargazing experience. With features like real-time location tracking and extensive databases of astronomical objects, it serves as an excellent tool for both beginners and enthusiasts. Users can simply point their device at the sky to discover what lies above them, making astronomy accessible and engaging.

In addition to its identification capabilities, SkyPortal includes interactive tutorials and a wealth of information about various celestial phenomena. The app also allows users to create personalized observing lists and access detailed descriptions of the objects they encounter. Its compatibility with telescopes from Celestron further enriches the user experience, providing an integrated solution for those looking to deepen their understanding of the universe.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
4.0.1.6
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Android
Operating System
Android 15.0
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
133
Downloads Last Week
2

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Developer’s Description

Celestron SkyPortal. Celestron's newest planetarium app is an astronomy suite that redefines how you experience the night sky. Explore the Solar...

Celestron SkyPortal

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Celestron's newest planetarium app is an astronomy suite that redefines how you experience the night sky. Explore the Solar System, 120,000 stars, over 200 star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and dozens of asteroids, comets, and satellites--including the ISS. SkyPortal includes everything you need to experience the night sky in an exciting new way. When connected to a compatible Celestron WiFi telescope, you can automatically point the telescope to any object in the database and view it with great detail.

Planetarium Features

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Simulate the night sky and plan your observing session with a custom list of tonight's best objects based on your exact time and location. Look ahead to see when Jupiter's Great Red Spot will be visible, animate transits, eclipses, and other celestial events. View hundreds of photos or listen to more than four hours of audio narration to enhance your stargazing experience.

Simulate the night sky from anywhere on planet Earth, up to 100 years in the past or future.

Compass Mode (with compatible devices): Hold your device up to the sky for a real-time synchronized display of celestial objects - from star names, constellations, planets, to nebulae and galaxies.

Control compatible Celestron WiFi telescopes with sophisticated mount modeling for quick and accurate go-to alignment.

Animate transits, conjunctions, eclipses, and other events with SkyPortal's Time controls.

Explore the sky with Night Vision turned on, and preserve your eyesight after dark.

Learn the history, mythology, and science of the heavens with SkyPortal's hundreds of object descriptions.

Browse hundreds of astronomical photographs and NASA spacecraft images

Access over 4 hours of audio commentary to guide you through the best celestial objects.

Computerized Telescope Control

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Pair your device to your compatible Celestron WiFi telescope, align with Celestron's patented SkyAlign technology, and you're ready to explore! Identify objects instantly. Tap any object and your telescope automatically centers it in the eyepiece.

SkyPortal's telescope alignment incorporates advanced mount modeling, providing better pointing accuracy than other telescope systems which rely on a dedicated computer.

(Feb 12, 2016) A faster, more reliable server is now servicing the requests for extra data after downloading the new update.

Keywords

Celestron, Astronomy, Evolution, NexStar, Planetarium, Education, SkyQ, Telescope


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