Note that the competing application Astroller now shows the ISS. Also, there’s no data for man-made objects such as the International Space Station (ISS). They create so much information it’s hard to make anything out at all. However, in ordinary use you shouldn’t have every overlay on at once. Searching for and zooming into distant nebulaeĪs for criticisms - when all of the overlays were turned on together, my N8 had difficulty coping and would sometimes crash. There is even a section called “Starlore”, explaining the naming system of stars from various cultures. You can also choose from a number of landscape images for the horizon. The further settings referred to above allow you to set your time and location. Also note that you can select any object by tapping it on the sky map. Selecting one will take you back to the sky view which will be locked onto that object. Type in the name of an astronomical object and matches will be listed below. The search box is as simple as it can get. While in the settings menu, there are three icons on the left of the screen for: further settings, search and quit. These could really help one’s visual memory. The third shows ghostly white artwork of characters that each constellation represents. The first two can switch on the constellation lines and enable text labels for each. There are three overlays concerning constellations. To further help you find your way around the sky, you can enable labels for planets, nebulae and cardinal points - i.e. There is also an overlay control to switch the horizon and daylight view on or off. If you would rather control your point of view manually, the azimuthal or equatorial overlay grids help you to track your orientation. Stellarium Mobile does not alert you to this, but it is necessary. Furthermore, you will have to do the figure of eight swirling motion to calibrate the phone’s compass. However, while this sounds fantastic - and it is - the reality is that patience is required because it’s quite slow to keep up with your movements. Every move you make will be augmented with a map of the stars. This interactive view gives you a window onto the cosmos. This will engage the phone’s sensors so that the sky map will align with the phone’s orientation. The first thing you’ll probably want to do is tap the phone icon in the lower right corner. Tapping the cog icon to open up the settings is where all the fun and interesting parts of Stellarium Mobile can be found. Watching the passage of time through Stellarium Mobile
In this mode, time can be paused, speeded up and reversed. From there you can go back to daylight hours or set off an animation of how the sky will change over time. Tapping the date and time box opens up the time controls. When launched during daylight hours, Stellarium Mobile will skip ahead to night time for obvious reasons. Stellarium Mobile’s landscapes in daylight Pinch and stretch gestures will zoom in and out, in addition to the on-screen controls. Instead, you swipe across the screen to look up or down and turn clockwise or anti-clockwise. By default, the view does not follow the orientation of your phone. The only user interface elements on show are the time and date, zoom controls and a link to the settings menu. Stellarium Mobile starts by showing a silhouetted meadow set against a starry night sky.
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