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Originally Posted by ZeroID
OK, well, it's limited in stars being the 'lite' version obviously but I now see why people like it. Lot of information and it runs very smoothly on my Samsung T3. May have to consider buying the full version a sit certainly matches and betters Stellarium in many areas.
All stars\objects are labelled in the HD designations, no NGC although it will search for them under that name. Is this a limitation of the lite version ?
I love the Mauna Kea horizon option ... surrounded by big Obs...
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If you check out the SkySafari 4 app, there are three versions for Android (and also iOS I believe): Basic, Plus and Pro. I think Celestron SkyPortal is essentially SkySafari 4 basic, with the addition of the Celestron NexStar Evolution controller module.
SkySafari 4 doesn't have an NGC catalogue as a dedicated search list, but there are thousands of NGC objects in its database. If you search for "104" for example, it will return a list of several objects which have "104" in their designations, including Messier 104, NGC 104, Caldwelll, 104, etc. If you search for "ngc104" or NGC 104", it takes you straight to the listing for 47 Tucanae as the only match.
The basic version of SkySafari 4 shows you 119,000 stars, plus 220 of the best-known star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the sky. It displays the Solar System's major planets and moons using NASA spacecraft imagery, and includes the best-known 500 (or so) asteroids, comets, and satellites. It accurately shows you the sky from anywhere on Earth, at any time up to 100 years in the past or future, and lets you identify stars, planets, and constellations with your iDevice's GPS, compass and/or gyroscope.
SkySafari 4 Plus adds a hugely expanded database, wired or wireless telescope control, and the ability to leave Earth and fly into orbit around any Solar System object or nearby star - to our basic version. It shows you 2.6 million stars, and 31,000 deep sky objects - including the entire NGC/IC catalog. It includes nearly 18,000 asteroids, comets, and satellites with updateable orbits. And it can point your GoTo or "Push-To" telescope anywhere in the sky, using your Android's built-in Wi-Fi or bluetooth, and our SkyFi or a bluetooth serial adapter.
[Note: doesn't work with the NexStar Evolution yet, but expected in an upcoming update.]
The all-new SkySafari 4 Pro has the largest database of any astronomy app, period. It contains everything in SkySafari 4 Plus - but also includes over 27 million stars from the Hubble Guide Star catalog generation 1 and 2, plus 740,000 galaxies down to 18th magnitude, over 620,000 solar system objects - including every comet and asteroid ever discovered - and a Moon map based on NASA's latest LRO data with 8x the resolution of any other SkySafari version. It shows you the sky with sub-arcsecond precision from anywhere on Earth, in the Solar System, or beyond, at any time up to one million years in the past or future - yet it runs just as fast and smoothly as our $3 basic version.
[Note: doesn't work with the NexStar Evolution yet, but expected in an upcoming update.]
http://skysafariastronomy.com/produc...oid/index.html
