starwalk vs luminos

[speedlever]

I'll have to try that when it gets dark so I have a reference to go by. I thought I had done that at some point in the process.

 

[speedlever]

Update: I took the iPad outside tonight and everything lined up perfectly.

 

[speedlever]

Mark,

Have you subscribed to the satellite link yet? Space-track.org. Pretty cool!

Luminos is really a nice app. Glad I saw your post and decided to explore it!

Now I just gotta get John to link a pic of Andromeda to the deep space catalog.

 

[Texas_Mark]

Hey Speed! Yeah I got my spacetrack account set up, I am addicted to turning on the 'Dangerous Asteroids' that NASA tracks! Just thought of something I havent tried yet with them so gonna do that today, gonna select one of those then accelerate time, I wanna see how close it comes to earth with current trajectory, one of these days I'm gonna do that and discover one thats gonna come REAL close then I can sit back and wait

Note - Hey post in that Luminos forums about the andromeda picture you want, I need to think of a really cool one I'd like to see too.

 

[speedlever]

Good idea.

I like that thread you started about discussing apps and posting up those images. Nice idea. Hope it takes off.

 

[speedlever]

Luminous has a very comprehensive update that I snagged today. I really like this app.

 

[Texas_Mark]

Heh

 

[Illuin]

Luminos is great, better than Star Walk. However, for casual star gazers Star Walk is very intuitive and simple to use, and I would recommend Star Walk for those who like looking at the stars but don't care about the details. I have all of the astronomy apps, and all of the astronomy apps shine in certain areas. I almost wish they would combine the best features of each into one app. Red Shift and Sky Safari are amazing apps, and a little gem called Solar Walk is a wonderful app as well. Luminos is right there at the top, and is without question it is the best astronomy app for the price at $2.99, which is a steal!