Gravity by Vaonis is the dedicated application for the Hestia instrument.
1.68·209 reviews·10,000+ downloads
About Gravity by Vaonis
Gravity by Vaonis is an education app developed by Vaonis.
Download Statistics
Gravity by Vaonis has been downloaded 13 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 540 times.
User Ratings
Gravity by Vaonis is rated 1.68 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 210 ratings.
App Information
Gravity by Vaonis is FREE to download. The last update was on December 14, 2023.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2023.
Description
Gravity by Vaonis is the dedicated application for the Hestia instrument, transforming your smartphone into a smart telescope! Intuitive and user-friendly, this mobile application enables you to explore the Cosmos with ease.
Track the activities of the Sun and the Moon, and immortalize your journey through the Universe by photographing galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters at your fingertips.
CAMERA MODE
Boost the power of your smartphone to achieve a 25x optical zoom on your mobile's camera, allowing you to observe the wonders of the Universe up close.
IMAGE PROCESSING
Make the invisible visible with Hestia's live image stacking technology. Choose your target and let the magic happen. Gravity by Vaonis enhances your observation experience using exclusive image processing algorithms. It intelligently combines and aligns multiple short-exposure images captured by your smartphone to create a single high-quality photograph.
SPACE CENTER
Monitor the real-time activity of the Moon and the Sun.
LANDSCAPE MODE
With Gravity by Vaonis, your surroundings become a new playground. Observe and photograph distant landscapes or even wild animals in their natural habitat.
SOLAR AND LUNAR MODE
Easily and safely observe the closest star to Earth during the day using Hestia's solar filter. Track the sun's activity and witness the evolution of solar spots and faculae.
Track the sun's activity by examining the variations on its visible surface.
Once night falls, admire the details of the lunar craters and track the different phases of the Moon.
DEEP SKY MODE
Observe the brightest objects in the deep sky. The Gravity by Vaonis application will guide you step by step to help you take your own photos of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters.
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
Gravity by Vaonis offers a comprehensive educational journey, providing you with the opportunity to explore the mysteries of the Universe.
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This works fine on my devices and the new updates should make it easier for casual users to find their observing targets. Astrophotography is fiddly by nature and this app and the ESTIA scope do a good job at a price well below 'pushbutton' computerized scopes that cost 10x the price or telescope and camera setups that have an incredibly steep learning curve for people new to astrophotography. It's a cheap-ass and easy-ish way to get started, but you will hit its limits if you are ambitious!
★★★★☆Darkening Knight· Apr 13, 2025
I bought a Vaonis ESTIA for the March 2025 eclipses. The partial solar eclipse had clear skies and Gravity worked really well to create a time-lapse movie from the JPEG images I'd manually taken using ESTIA at 1 minute intervals. Using a Pixel 8a, Gravity makes locating and imaging deep sky targets easy, and I've imaged M13, M3, M5, M38, M37, M57, C13 from Bottle 8 location. I wish Vaonis would greatly increase their catalog of deep sky objects (T Cor Bor please?) but otherwise pleased.
★☆☆☆☆Ken Martin· May 24, 2026
In 2024... Waiting for the upgrade. The current Beta version for Android does not have deep sky pointing assistance. Once it does the Testis will be fully functional. Update 2026... Finally, I get the email that the app has the features of should have had when the ESTIA was first released. I got tired of waiting, sold the ESTIA and bought a See star S50. So much better. Good luck Vaonis.
★☆☆☆☆Bob Garber· May 23, 2024
App needs alot of work, I get location not enabled errors when using anything that needs location, in particular planet mode, there is no location option in settings. In the app permissions location is enabled. Not sure why it doesn't work. Also deep sky, I cannot locate objects as in the demos. And while I did get great eclipse photos, I cannot use the app to locate deep sky objects, stacking does not work, no matter where I point it, the image looks the same, even with a star in preview
★☆☆☆☆William Ercanbrack· Aug 4, 2025
TL;DR Make sure the Gravity works before you buy ESTIA, if it doesn't find something else. I loved this until the app broke. Unless Vaonis can fix this app the telescope is a useless product. The whole point of this app is the camera feature and that doesn't work. If they can get that working again then I would change my review. As one that was part of the Kickstarter I was excited but have been let down. It has potential, but they need to fix the core parts before adding more features.
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