SkyPointer - The easy way to find Planets, ISS and much more
About SkyPointer
SkyPointer is a tools app developed by Gerhard Buder.
Download Statistics
SkyPointer has been downloaded 28 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 18 times.
User Ratings
SkyPointer is rated 4.00 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 220 ratings.
App Information
SkyPointer is FREE to download. The APK download size is 7.89 MB. The latest version available is 5.8.1. The last update was on May 25, 2026.
Technical Requirements
SkyPointer requires Android 2.2+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2012.
Description
SkyPointer is a simple but useful tool to show the position of sun, moon, the brightest planets, the International Space Station ISS, Hubble telescope, the chinese station Tiangong2 and other objects. All objects are visible to the unaided eye. With SkyPointer it is easy to find out the position of the sky objects at a specific time or a specific date.
For example you can easily find out the different solar altitudes between summer and winter.
SkyPointer does not need internet connection except for downloading orbit data for satellites triggered by yourself.
*** PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPASS IS CALIBRATED ***
Observing aspects: The planets are visible as small light points. The brightest planets are Venus and Jupiter. Mars appears as small red dot. You can see the ring of Saturn with a good binocular. Mercury is hard to observe because it is very close to sun. Uranus appears not brighter than a normal star.
The ISS appears as bright point of light when sunlit. The ISS point moves much faster than a plane and is brighter than the brightest star.
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I agree too. This IS one of the best apps I have seen and I've tried a few over the years. Not only is it easy to understand and easy to use it is totally accurate. Since I started using this app 6 months ago I have learned the position of all the listed planets, and I have even found a small and faint Uranus with it, I've watch Jupiter and Saturn for the past 3 months dance across our night skies and watched Venus disappear off our evening sky and do nearly a full revolution of the planet. I have discovered many of our constellations from Virgo through Sagittarius and and now know the position of a lot of the key Stars in the Southern Hemisphere and the most incredible of all I have seen our International Space Station fly across our night sky not once but three times so far. All I can say is well done Gerhard, a truly outstanding app among apps. Just a quick comment for Robert Bartusiak. If you find the app inaccurate check location of your device is set to high accuracy and calibrate Sky pointer as it simply shows. YOU are the ONLY negative comment among them all. Does that tell you something? Shame to see the rating of good work reduced due to someone's inability.
★☆☆☆☆Antonio· Jun 16, 2018
USE TO REALLY ENJOY THIS APK UNTIL IT STOPPED WORKING AFTER I BRAGGED SO
MUCH ABOUT IT
★★☆☆☆A Google User· Feb 1, 2012
Never Smile. Only 2 stars just downloaded it. NFS what it really does. SGS2 Topeka ks
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Technologies used by SkyPointer
SkyPointer is requesting 13 permissions and is using 3 libraries.
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