Sky Tonight - Star Gazer Guide
June 12, 2024
More About Sky Tonight - Star Gazer Guide
★ What astronomical events can I see tonight?
★ How can I find the object I'm interested in?
Made by the developers of Star Walk apps, Sky Tonight is a customizable stargazing tool, that is designed for users with different needs and wants. You can adjust the constellation's appearance, set a reminder for any space body configuration, explore the unique relative to observer trajectory, set up a magnitude limit to filter out space objects, and much more.
Sky Tonight features:
► Point your device at the sky to see the real-time positions of space objects on the interactive sky map.
► Activate the Time Machine and determine the position of celestial bodies at different time periods.
► Use the augmented reality mode and see the sky map overlaid on the image from your device's camera.
► Get extended information about any sky object by tapping on its name.
► Stay updated on the latest news from the world of astronomy with the What's new section.
► Turn on the night mode to make your sky observation in the nighttime more comfortable.
► Filter the objects that appear on the sky map according to their visual brightness.
► Regulate the brightness of objects on the sky map.
► Spot dozens of asterisms along with the official constellations.
► Adjust the visible constellations and customize their representation on the screen.
Unique features:
◆ Interactive trajectories relative to an observer
Instead of the classic trajectory that shows the object’s trajectory in the celestial sphere relative to the Earth’s center, the app presents the object’s trajectory in the sky relative to an observer. A long touch on the trajectories relative to the observer will move the sky object to the selected point. While holding the touch, move your finger along the trajectory to change the time.
◆ Flexible search
Make use of the flexible search — quickly find space objects, easily navigate across different objects and events’ types. Look for "stars", "mars moons", "mars conjunctions", "solar eclipse", and the app will show you all related objects, events, and articles!
There are also Trending and Recent categories in the search section. The first one presents the currently most popular objects, events, or news; the second category contains objects you recently selected.
◆ Fully customizable event reminders
Set event reminders on any time and date not to miss a solar eclipse, a Full Moon, or a star-planet configuration you're interested in.
◆ Astronomy calendar with a stargazing index and weather forecast
Check out the calendar of celestial events that includes lunar phases, meteor showers, eclipses, oppositions, conjunctions, and other exciting events. Learn what astronomy events will occur this month or see what happened in the sky a year ago!
Verify the Stargazing Index calculated from a Moon phase, light pollution, cloudiness, and time when an object is visible. The higher this index is, the better the observation conditions are.
You don’t need several apps for your stargazing planning anymore; Sky Tonight contains all the info you need.
Premium Access:
* The app includes paid Premium Access. Get Premium Access to use Sky Tonight with no limits! Without the subscription, you can’t see most of the interface items in various sections such as Visible Tonight, Calendar, and Search. Therefore, you’re limited in planning and improving your observations. Premium Access will allow you to unlock all the interface items in any view and make the most of all the app’s features. Advertisements will also be removed not to interrupt your stargazing experience.
Latest Version
1.9.0
June 12, 2024
Vito Technology
Education
Android
2,727,122
Free
com.vitotechnology.sky.tonight.map.star.walk
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User Reviews
William Dochnahl
3 years ago
I figured out some of the features I was hoping for, so I'm upgrading to a 3 star. The visibility index is still showing a 90% even though literally no stars are visible, just the moon and Jupiter. Most of this is available in the Star Walk app, but with some updates, it can be really good. I hope the index improves because that's a big issue for me, since I live in a light polluted area and I'm always looking for places to go.
Peter Kionga-Kamau
3 years ago
Ads are so incredibly bright, unusable. Pro version is a subscription, which doesn't work for my level of interest even a little bit. Why in the world does it make sound? V. annoying. Why are the default units not based on the system in use at the location that the app requires?? This is not the place to make a stand on metric vs imperial... Overall just not very impressive.
Fiona Johnson
2 years ago
Such a useful tool. Any info you may need about the stars or the planets is on the app. I'm a newby at star-gazing so I'm using this app to help me navigate the stars and learn where constellations are. It also tells you when things like eclipses are happening and what time sun set is. I use the free version and it's amazing. No glitches or crazy ads. No pressure to upgrade every 3 seconds either. Just a super useful tool.
Nicholas Perez
2 years ago
If you like looking up at the stars at night and learning about the heavens, then you'll most likely absolutely love this app. So far I've only tried the free version, but will most likely purchase the premium version in the next few days. Also I highly recommend downloading ISS Tracker. It's amazing and so cool to watch the space station with your naked eye fly overhead at 17,000mph.
Kaye Lorra
1 year ago
I opened the app, went to settings, toggled the music off....an ad came on! Waited until the ad was done (it was one of those ads that won't go away no matter how many times you press the "skip-ad") Went back into the app and swiped to the constellation page and after 30ish seconds...another ad!!! I didnt wait...and uninstalled it.
Stacy Stange
1 year ago
Spins when siting still I was excited to download an app that might work to show me the sky, because we couldn't see the moon. At first I thought I might be spinning too fast for the app. After I sat down the app just kept spinning, and never actually did what it was supposed to do by showing what constellations are around me when I pointed my phone there. I thought it was because I had bad service, but it's actually that was just bad.
Terry Naber
3 years ago
Too expensive! Pain in the butt to unsubscribe it from my credit card. I went to uninstall it and received the message that the paid subscription would still be charged even if it was uninstalled! But it does have nice drawings of the various constellations. It's difficult to know where you are looking unless you are very experienced with the various planets and stars.
bluearth64
3 years ago
I LOVE this app so much! I've used Star Walk 2 for over 6 years, and this app is amazing I love the cloud cover, light pollution, and the custom reminders! Premium access is so inexpensive compared to similar apps (I paid as soon as I got this app.), and the only weird thing I found is the daylight savings time transition, but that has nothing to do with the amazing quality! I am so excited to see what you will add in future updates!!!
T Hayrynen
2 years ago
This appears to be a great app. It seems a little bit advanced for me -a novice but do enjoy the challenge to expand my knowledge of the Stars above. I especially like being able to hold my device up toward the sky anytime of the day or night and being shown what is directly above me in space. With a tap on my screen it takes me to main info.and points about it as well. All very informative.
Elliot Brown
3 years ago
My favorite star app. I love that you can click on the stars and learn more info on the spot, love that you can adjust the brightness, and I even love the camera mode. I wish there was a way to turn it off and on more easier (the central button in the corner is confusing with that LOL) but otherwise this app is amazing. You can even follow the time track of any celestial body to see at what point in the sky it will be in (x) hours. I could go on forever!! LOVE this app!!! <33
Anthony Cooper
2 years ago
Seems to work well. I would like to see a search filter for magnitude and moving. The goal being to see the next moving things greater than a specific brightness. It is frustrating to search for something and only after digging into it, finding out it will not be visible for a week. Also need a help page on what all these icon mean.
Jonathan Kirby (jONATHANpORTLAND)
2 years ago
Stopped using this a few years ago (to be fair I didn't replace it or anything), I just didn't have much need for it. I just picked it back up and so far it seems smoother and a bit more polished but again its been a while. I've used it for a few hours since the fresh download and have enjoyed using it with ∅ problems. Confirming what I think I see, hunting down comets ☄️, learning the names/shapes of constellations, etc... that's how I use it. EASILY THE BEST of "sky maps" and I use free ver.
Beka Jane
1 year ago
This is very legitimately one of the coolest apps I have ever downloaded, if not the coolest. It is literally everything I have wanted in a stargazing app. Very easy to use, perfect simplicity in function by allowing you to see on the app exactly what you see in the sky by pointing your phone at it, awesome extra features like being able to click on an object & get info about it. Truly 10/10. Big recommendations.
Linda Woodruff
2 years ago
My subscription was a one time purchase, but Google store screwed it up. Now I don't have it, because they kept charging my card for monthly. Now I had to cancel it, to get them to stop bugging me to pay for a month. This app has so many different categories of things you can find and look at & tons of info, as well as a very accurate location finder, and it's so easy to use, I'm really impressed. I have tried other star apps, but this is honestly the best. Sad I had to cancel it. Really miss it
z Announce
1 year ago
I don't understand why "precise location" is required. Technically, it only adding Bluetooth and wifi to make the location better, mostly useful in the cities. When I'm out there looking at the stars, I have no wifi nor Bluetooth. GPS location alone should be good enough. I cannot speak of other capabilities of this app, because it doesn't let me use it without so-called precise location.
Nature Dweller
2 years ago
Uninstalling just 10 minutes after installing. I installed this because it got such great reviews. When I opened the app to use it, it looked interesting. After exploring a lot of the settings, I noticed it was uncalibrated. Tried calibrating for 5 minutes. It wouldn't calibrate. I don't know. Maybe it's my phone, but this app won't work for me.
Ben
1 year ago
My 3 year old thinks it's the most amazing thing. Wish I was able to zoom in when viewing real life with the constellation overlays. And also a picture capture option would be top notch. All in all, great app. Love being able to know where the moon will rise exactly as I'm looking out. Ended up going with the lifetime membership. Fair deal in my opinion.
Shawna
1 year ago
I absolutely LOVE this app. It's pretty accurate with the placement of celestial bodies, provides lots of information, tracks satellites, events, comets, etc. Bonus; it provides awesome music to enhance your experience, and each time you select a heavenly body, it's given its own musical note (I love composing with the stars). ONLY downside I've run into is the (slightly) annoying habit of the screen timing out while I view the stars, or read info, prompting recalibration of the compass.
Kelley Poulos
1 year ago
This app has great features. My 6 year old granddaughter loves it. There aren't too many ads, but I was still considering buying it, but I can't get it properly calibrated. I'm using a Galaxy S24.i tried all the instructions. I tried Uninstaller and reinstalling. I tried clearing the cache. It's almost always 90° off. I say almost always because it never stops moving, even if I lay the phone down.
scott greenland
1 year ago
I would love to give it a 5 star. this app has potential to be a spectacular viewing aide for helping get our younger kids curious about the universe. Unfortunately every time you go to inquire about the planets or even navigating through your list. You get bombarded with commercials. I understand that is why you can offer it for limited free but it gets to be way too much to keep your kids interested. Please try to find a way to reduce them so every time you touch something you don't get adds.
