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by Fxmodels1123

It does star colors well, properly reports B-V values and plots stars on the HR diagram, gives distance wonderfully...

What is missing must have been a bad design decision and these are:

1: decision NOT to show actual deep sky objects but have very poor low resolution standin images that are generic and don't represent the actual object at all.. case point the Orion Nebula arguably THE most important recognizable objects in the sky... NOT represented except by a very poor cluster image. Many more just like it. Not even Messier objects represented in the sky view.

2: looney tunes quality constellation art that is not representative of the classic mythology. People in mythology represented as if drawn by someone who never knew anything about the myths behind the constellations. I turn it off and will never use it now.

3: cannot change star brightness so with many stars visible or with additional database the sky looks like a color blindness test book at the eye doctors. Too much of a cartoon or coloring book look and feel yet there is this dichotomy of offering really good information couched in a less than effective presentation

by SparKrikorian

Constantly use your fine app to teach my son about the power and grandeur right above our heads, that all too often goes unnoticed/under-appreciated in this frantically stressed-out world of ours.

Your app is especially useful for noting when planets such as Jupiter will be visible for telescopic viewing, which in our low light-pollution neighborhood, usually allows for spectacular views of my 2nd favorite planet & her many moons.

Thanks again for all you do to make this super fun & educational app available for free.

My only suggestion would be to consider creating a section with links to video content such as noted astronomers & physicists discussing various cutting-edge astronomical & cosmological theories along with footage taken of various cosmological events such as planetary alignments & meteor showers visible to even amateur astronomers.

Add a section for uploading pics & vids sent by amateur astronomers like myself, and a chat section for sharing views on recent astronomical activity & a wide range of theories & discussions about the universe and our ultimate role as living sentient beings within the universe, would make the perfect compliment to the aforementioned professional discussion area and make your already stellar site (pun intended), just that much more ‘out of this world’ (oops...I did it again).

by ArcanusCdk

Had used SkyView for ages but switched to this app because it offered the Rey style of visualizing the constellations which I grew up on and feel is superior to the classic, MacRobert and other styles. Also it allows for finding comets too, which is cool. I was recently using it to try to find comet ATLAS C/2019 Y4 which was in its catalog, until I read that it broke up (alas!). Now I am hoping the app developers soon will add the newly discovered SWAN C/2020 F8 to the app’s catalog in the next update so that I can start hunt for that comet in its place!! If so, will add the fifth star!