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  1. Playlist/bookmark function - add an object, store it and display it

    Select a target in viewing mode

    Long-press or provide a button to store it like a playlist/bookmark

    In indirect mode, make the playlist available as separate tab and also within map view using a unique symbol like a "!" or a check/tick mark

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  2. Add a binary star tab

    Binary/multiple stars (especially coloured ones) are popular.
    Could these or say the top 250 be added as a separate tab?

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  3. Searching "alpha" works but "alpha eri" doesn't work

    This was actually reported as a comment here: https://skeye.uservoice.com/forums/93533-ideas/suggestions/2521824-improvements-to-search

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  4. Show Saturn's Moons, especially Titan

    Show Saturn's Moons on the map

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  5. Show Saturn's rings

    Show Saturn's rings on the map.

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  6. Add compass ordinals beneath Alt Azm

    Beneath the Alt Azm values that appear on the left side of the UI when in landscape mode, it would be great to see the abbreviations for the compass ordinals out to 16 points. For example, N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, etc. I find myself always mentally converting the azimuth to these values, and maybe other people do the same? Thanks.

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  7. Highlight the meridian line

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  8. Highlight the RA=0 line

    .. similar to how the horizon line is highlighted.

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  9. show astronomical weather conditions

    I think astronomical weather conditions would be a convenience. Good and bad weather will determine if you can or can not stargaze with your telescope. Some weather conditions would be visibility, cloud cover.

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  10. I would love to see sidereal time. And perhaps other astronomical timekeeping displayed.

    I think sidereal time and maybe other astronomical timekeeping displayed would be practical.

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  11. Plate solve - Automatic Aligment

    Add possibility to plate solve telescope aligment using phone camera. This would help a lot when using manual alt az mount.
    Just turn on your phone align it with scope. Plate solve. This would be almost perfect replacement for DSC.

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  12. Communication with Arduino

    I have built an Arduino based laser star tracker, but have to manually input the coordinates. Would be great to somehow connect Skeye to it.
    www.instructables.com/id/Star-Track-Arduino-Powered-Star-Pointer-and-Tracke/

    4 votes
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  13. Chromecast

    I've been searching for a way to turn my TV into a starfield that displays from the correct location and orientation of the set, that also updates in realtime. In this sense, it would be a "window."

    Just curious if Skeye developers have looked into making a Chromecast extension or capability for the app. Thanks! -Frank

    3 votes
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  14. Display the apparent magnitude of the Solar System objects

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  15. Support phones without magnetometers

    I recently moved to Moto G4 Plus only to find out that it does not have magnetometers. since the Moto G4 series is already quite popular, I'm sure many other people will share my problem. In the interest of supporting such platforms, could you please make a workaround for us? I want the feature to be able to manually select a field-of-view on the phone (which I can already do in the app), and then manually align the phone against those features in the sky, to register its orientation. Once registered, the app can use accelerometers and gyroscopes to change…

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  16. Add user input offset to Azimuth for object

    I have a manual azimuth setting circle attaching to the moving base of a dobsonian. I want to use skeye to figure out real time Alt/Az cooords. I do not want to align the base everytime I use it. Instead I will figure out the offset of the needle from North and add an offset to the Az reading for a star to figure out what degree must be under the needle. If Skeye could add it for me in the search window it would help me a lot. The same could be done for Alt, but it is not…

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  17. 24 hour time format in time-machine

    An option to select 24-hour format for Time Machine. Many are not accustomed to the english time format.

    (Separated this idea from another idea)

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  18. Implement a night mode keyboard

    There are a couple of Android keyboards with a red theme available on the play store:
    https://play.google.com/store/search?q=red%20keyboard&c=apps

    I don't know if anyone of them are good.

    If not, a simple keyboard with a choice of color themes would be great for Astronomy use.

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  19. Show Asteroids

    I have no experience in watching asteroids, but some users have previously asked for support for watching Asteroids.

    To begin with, SkEye could show a short-list of bright Asteroids.

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  20. Allowing virtual DSC to act as a bluetooth service for other mapping software

    This could be used to allow other mapping software or devices to utilize the virtual DSC via BETI protocol or similar .

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    under review  ·  AdminHarshad (Developer, SkEye) responded

    Good idea. Such a service could be used by SkEye itself to connect to another (perhaps older) phone.

    I need to check whether Android allows custom bluetooth services to be defined.

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