Plate solving and push-to telescope navigation for smartphones
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Founded
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Based in
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US
Pricing model
Free
Freemium
Pricing
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Free with optional one-time purchases: Plus $9.99 (Messier and Caldwell catalogs, Bayer or Flamsteed designated stars), Pro $29.99 (everything in Plus, NGC and IC catalogs, remote control, ASCOM Alpaca/INDI/LX200/Stellarium connections), Pro Beta pricing $24.99
Key features
Trip overlap detection with push notifications
Privacy-protected friend matching
Group join via link, no friend requests needed
Event listings from curated feeds
Dinner events with RSVP tracking
Support for 17 languages
No ads and no location tracking
Live plate solving with accuracy up to within 10 arcseconds
Computes coordinates in less than a second
Immune to magnetic field interference
Works in light-polluted skies
Complete offline operation
Personalized guide to tonight's best targets
Remote control between devices (iOS)
Integration with Stellarium and SkySafari
What makes it different
Never receives live location, only city and dates
Works with existing friends without app requirement
Curated event feeds updated daily across 17 languages
Completely free with no ads or data selling
Built and maintained by a single developer
On-device plate solving eliminates compass and gyroscope drift and lags that traditional astronomy apps experience
Sub-arcminute precision navigation that outperforms standard planetarium apps
No subscription required, only optional one-time purchases
Compatible with existing telescope and equipment without proprietary hardware lock-in
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