SmartStellar: Planisphere App for Smartphone

Situation operation check

(Updated May 26, 2014)

Correct operation

  • NTT docomo:Sony Ericsson XPERIA arc SO-01C (Android 2.3.2)
  • NTT docomo:NEC CASIO MEDIAS N-04C (Android 2.2.1)
  • NTT docomo:Fujitsu Toshiba REGZA T-01C (Android 2.2.2)
  • NTT docomo:Samsung GALAXY Tab SC-01C (Android 2.3)
  • NTT docomo:LG Electronics Optimus Pad L-06C (Android 3.0.1)
  • au HTC EVO WiMAX ISW11HT (Android 2.2)
  • au Sharp IS03 (Android 2.2.1)
  • Softbank HTC Desire X06HT (Android 2.2)
  • Google ASUS Nexus 7 (Android 4.4)
  • Google LG Nexus 5 (Android 4.4)

Please note: Defect confirmed

  • Japan Communications:IDEOS (Android 2.2.1)

Milky Way and constellation pictures are shown corrupt with the above device. If we confirm that this problem is unique to this model and impossible to fix, no guarantee of correct function will be made.

Operating Environment

  • OS: Android 2.2 or later
    (Not optimized for tablet-type devices)
  • ARM-CPU or x86-CPU based device

Features

Displayed Objects

  • Stars up to magnitude 8.0.
    • Star brightness and colors reproduced
    • Common names for 254 bright stars
    • Stars twinkle as in reality
  • Sun, moon and the planets
    • Moon phases
    • Zoom display
    • Transit of Mercury and Venus
  • The 88 constellations
    • Constellation names, lines and pictures
    • Asterisms (e.g. Summer Triangle)
  • Nebulae and star clusters (Messier)
    • Catalog number and popular names
  • Comets
    • IDs, Names, and Tails
    • Data update possible as needed
  • Meteors
    • Sporadic meteors
    • Shower meteors and their radiants
  • Daylight, dusk and dawn effects
  • Milky Way
    • The shade of the Milky Way
  • Eclipses
    • Solar eclipses (total, annular, partial)
    • Lunar eclipses (total, partial)
  • Spacecraft

Settings

  • Display of altitude/azimuth grid
  • Display of right ascension/declination grid
  • Below horizon (transparency, semitransparent, opaque)
  • Adjustable simulation of moonlight and light pollution effects
  • Simulation for every second between 1 Jan 1900 to 31 Dec 2099
  • Manual input of latitude, longitude, altitude, or GPS acquisition
  • World time zones, daylight saving time

Controls

  • Pinch to zoom in and out
  • Drag to move freely through the sky
  • Object Search
  • Electronic compass (models with electronic compass)
  • While watching the sky change date and time
  • Animations
    • Real-time replay
    • Animation speed in 6 intervals
    • Reverse time replay