Android apps by Harshad RJ

SkEye | Astronomy

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:35:31 +0000

SkEye is an advanced Planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.

Ever been on a camping trip and wondered what objects are up in the sky? Now you can get familiar with Astronomy by identifying stars, constellations and deep sky objects from the Messier and NGC catalogs.

If you have a telescope, just strap the phone onto the OTA and you get a PUSHTO guide!

‣ Features
• Time machine : Jump to any date in past or future
• Real time Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial coordinates
• Messier objects
• mini-NGC catalog (subset of ~180 bright objects)
• Solar system objects including all 8 planets and the 4 Galilean moons
• Night Mode
• Search, with a guiding arrow
• Alt-Azimuth, Equatorial grid

‣ For detailed queries:
Market doesn't allow replying to comments. Send an email to skeye@googlegroups.com instead.

‣ Tips:
• For better accuracy, calibrate the magnetic sensors by waving the phone in a figure-8 motion of your hands.
• For advanced use read: http://lavadip.com/skeye/documentation.html

‣ Upcoming features:
• More deep sky objects, Satellites and Asteroids
• Support for DSC with encoders

‣ Keywords:
Astronomy, Sky Map, Digital Setting Circles, Star chart, Space

Recent changes:
Minor release:
Kindle Fire support.
Added Czech translations.
Updated Italian translations.

SkEye Pro

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:29:05 +0000

This is the Pro version of SkEye.

If you are an advanced user or would like to support the development of SkEye, you can consider purchasing this version.

This version has:
• The complete NGC, IC catalog with a powerful object filter
• Satellite tracking
(Note that the updating of TLE data is still under development)
• All stars upto mag 10 are rendered

‣ Links
Documentation: http://lavadip.com/skeye/documentation.html
Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/skeye

‣ Keywords:
Astronomy, Sky Map, Digital Setting Circles, Star chart, Space

Recent changes:
Minor release:
Kindle Fire support.
Added Czech translations.
Updated Italian translations.

DSC Test

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:54:57 +0000

Digital Setting Circles for your Android.

This app can also be used as a general Bluetooth serial terminal.

This app has two modes:

1. Type commands to directly chat with the DSC / device. This lets you test the Bluetooth link to any electronic device that supports the Bluetooth SPP profile.

2. Get a PUSHTO by switching to Aligned mode. It supports two DSC protocols right now: Craig Combe's board and BETI. More coming soon.

Read the tutorial here:
http://lavadip.com/media/dscIntro.pdf

‣ Upcoming changes:
• Better UI
• Night mode

Also, checkout my other app called SkEye. It has support for a Virtual DSC! No need for messing with encoders for low accuracy applications.

Recent changes:
Fixes to make DSC Test work for all Android devices. There were some devices which were force closing (even after the recent upgrades). This version fixes them all.