Polar Scope Align Pro التعليقات التطبيق

Every useful amateur astronomer feature in one app. Super intuitive and no distractions. Polar alignment, Goto with just your phone on top of your scope (Push To), object list sorted by what you care about (magnitude, angular size, etc), all the important astronomy calculations at your fingertips, etc. Just brilliant!

The Pro version has so many tools, tutorials, and calculators as to be helpful in any situation.

Loads of useful features, especially under the DSO menu, extensive catalog database (Messier, Caldwell, Herschel, NGC, IC, etc). The “PUSH TO: feature using a red BULL’S EYE together with direction arrows serves very well as a finder. The “SYNCH TO TARGET” option fine tunes the finder function. Thanks for the great app.

I have been using this app for three years now. The pro version I am really impressed with its accuracy. You can’t go wrong one of the best apps for astrophotography ever created.

Great app and interface

Thank you

I got this app for the real time polar alignment scope reticle simulation. That’s the main feature, but I find myself using this app for planning my observations with the deep sky and solar system object database or leveling mounts even when I don’t need a polar alignment. It has tons of extra info and features beyond the polar alignment scope! I also appreciate that the pro version is a one time fee and not a subscription. Thank you! If the developer added a feature (or created a new app) to record my observations in association with the object database, I’d be first in line to buy that.

What I thought was just ok at first. This app has now become a standard for amateur astronomers. All the information that is needed is in this app and the pro version os worth the money.

How do you use this????

Very helpful tools & instructions! Many thanks!

Great application!

As for a 5 year review of the virtual polar alignment, I have had a better experience. My mount is the EM-11 temma 3 Takahashi and I suspect it has an aluminum body. Even that compass was deflected by the mount proxy, however I attach my iPhone to the mount body and aligned it as programmed. I spot the moon which is obviously the largest celestial object (30” arc minutes) and the mount sat still for 30 minutes perfectly on target without drifting at a magnification 75 times

I’m trying to use something to help me polar align during the day for the eclipse and I tested it at night and Polaris was well off

This is a fantastic app. I use it every imaging session to polar align my SkyGuider Pro. It is super easy to use.

Looks like a perfect match for my iOptron SkyTracker. I was looking for something to replace their tool and foud this

I have this App and finally dug into it and use it like a multi-purpose tool. It has so much packed inside- you won’t believe it! I had to send the developer a Tip $. If you need help with polar alignment, weather, DSO information, etc.. its here.

Works as it should

What a load of useful stuff all in one app

I’ve had this app for years and have used it to successfully align my Move-Shoot-Move tracker. It greatly extended the exposure time well beyond what MSM says is possible. Easy to use, and the watch app works well if your phone is busy elsewhere. I’ve watched the reviews and want to point out the developer is very responsive.

Works great.

Thanks for the time put into this App, definitely a very useful tool, with continued support.

Shows you where Polaris should be for your polar alignment scope (inverted or rectified scopes are both supported. It’s been very reliable for me. It also has a mode for rough alignment to the celestial pole using just your cell phone. That’s only as accurate as your cell phone of course (and the compass on phones is terrible, tilt is usually a little more accurate). You can probably just eyeball it but I like it for just setting up. Lots of other random features.

A polar scope alignment app is a Polar Scope Alignment app. It works, it’s accurate what more can you say? what I really enjoy and use frequently in this app is all the other features from the ISS planning chart, and the weather forecasting resources to the different tables, charts & calculators. Before I open skySafari, I open this app to see if it’s even worth starting to plan the night in sky safari. since I’ve owned this app the developer has released several updates with many new features that I use & appreciate.

I don’t often rate apps but this one is so well thought out and complete I couldn’t resist.

This app is the best $3 you will spent in your astronomy endeavors. It’s many features will find use in your Astro box. GREAT APP

Love this app, it provides so much information and makes my astrophotography so much easier! :)

No waste. No bells and whistles that you don’t need. Just pin-point accuracy with details to help you align your polar axis and gaze or shoot away!

I am heading to Australia for the solar eclipse, and thought it did not work in the southern hemisphere… if you are actually in the southern hemisphere it works! Great tool for daytime alignment watching a total solar eclipse

I love this app. I have a star adventurer mount. The enhancement I would like is is the rotated reticle view, I would add an alternative input to the time where Oct31 is pointing to, and that would be the date ar 00:00 hrs (the top of the dial)

I purchased the pro version. Well worth the price and more. I am amazed at all the details incorporated into this app. I don't have an iphone so I'm using my ipad gen 4. Not a big iphone fan. If an android version comes out, I'll get it. That being said I am happy and surprised that this app is compatible with my older ipad but grateful. Overall, great app and very useful. Thanks! GL

I used this app every time

Great app use it all the time.

Lots of information and the clear sky data is a huge plus.

I use the app to visually check and get the mount on target every time. My mount was built in 2006, and thanks to this app , I am continually amazed by how easy the alignment process can be done ,visually. Fine alignment is accomplished using the Pole master finder app, as a redundant check. Using both, the NJP mount continues to acquire, point and track, any desired object in the observable night sky. Thank you for making such a useful product, All the additional calcs work beautifully as well , taking a lot of the prep headaches off the table for any visual or astrophotographers planning and executing a night under the night skies Cheers!

Totally worth getting, lots of info, great tools for polar aligning.

I’m a new user of this great app. I own the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i mount with built in wifi. It seems your app doesn’t support the Star Adventurer’s polar scope.

This is an excellent well thought out utility with needed services all in one place. It always works smoothly and is very logical. Very ingenious collection of necessities.

I always find something new when I open it.

The rotated reticle feature, the weather, the catalogs, wow . . . The list goes on. This is a well thought out and very comprehensive app. Congrats, you guys deserve a real pat on the back. Thanks.

I’ve been using the free version of this app for several years and after just recently purchased the pro version to go along with my new mount. For the price of the pro version, it has a lot of great features. I would recommend getting this app for sure. However, what would make this app even better would be have it interface with a guide camera or even have its own accessory camera to get spot on polar alignment. I know there are electronic polar scopes already with their own proprietary software, but if this app offered a polar alignment assist using a guide camera and without being obligated to an annual subscription like some of the competitors, this app may very well earn 5 stars from me.

Great app, invaluable to me.

I’ve been looking for and using the best ways to Polar Align a telescope since 1975. There were some very ingenious methods along the way, but this is the best and most versatile aid ever, and nothing more than an iPod required. It even works with my old Tuthill polar alignment scope, which I gave to my nephew along with an old Meade 2080!

App looks great and easy to use. Lots of help available.

This tool is very easy to use and provide accurate positioning

This is the best or one of the best tool apps for astrophotography.

Must have APP for polar alignment. Day or night it’s the best! The alinment tool is the best ever! Love it!

Excellent app. Very useful, accurate and easy to use that produces great results. Great work.

Even if you use another method to polar align your scope, this is an awesome app to have. The night-vision red default is perfect, the screens are easy to read and practically organized, and the additional info displayed is great.

This app is about as much information that you could want or use .. I use a German Equatorial mount and also a go to mount on different telescope. I can use all the information I need to set up and operate my telescopes. Great app. Dr. Dave