SkEye App
SkEye aims to be an advanced planetarium for Android.
Ideas and suggestions are welcome here. For submitting bug reports, it is better to raise a ticket.
Please submit each idea separately. Even if two ideas are related, it helps to track them separately.
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Have a reverse color mode for the "Day" color mode.
I like to set up my scope during the day for observing that night. Since my yard has several trees, I need to pick the right spot.
I use Skeye for this in the "Time Machine" mode, but the black screen reflects the light from my face back to my eye and makes the screen hard to read. Also the contrast between the screen and the adjacent sky makes it even harder to see the screen.
A daytime color mode with a white sky and black objects would solve this problem.
I think.
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4 votesInteresting idea, thanks!
But it’s hard to implement. Will have to think more.
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Create Reminders from Time Machine
(Edited to remove idea of year selection)
Am fascinated with your Time Machine feature.
I want to be able to make reservations with whatever I see in the telrad with corresponding time and have it notified to me just right before the reservation time .. For example,, I may see Uranus and Neptune so close together on a future date and I can really screenshot it and save it ,but I would rather reserve the time and have it notified to me within a week notice , for example.. So I can forget about it until the time has come
7 votesThe ability to jump to a year was added in a recent SkEye release.
The ability to mark an event in the calendar is a nice idea. SkEye could just add an event in the user’s calendar. It wouldn’t have to keep track of the event itself!
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Transmit orientation via USB, wireless, or bluetooth to a computer.
It would be useful to have the orientation information available to external applications. It should be fairly simple to transmit the orientation to a computer so that it could use that information in a satellite tracking or telescope control application. Perhaps go with a standard API like ascom.
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Globular & Open Clusters
are not alike, so I would like to see more clear distinctions between them on the chart like color code or shape.
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In Indirect mode allow the same coordinate grids for the NCP as in the standard mode.
Add the same coordinates so the North Celestial Pole is visible for accurate Polar alignment (pinch expandable).
1 voteI am not sure what this idea is about. Could you elaborate?
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Celestial Poles location aid
Provide a permanent, small, highlighted circle around the North and South Celestial Poles.
With the phone or tablet mounted on the scope, this will aid in performing an initial Polar alignment.4 votesNice idea!
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Use phone camera for alignment and more presice tracking. (can snap camera to finder scope for more brightness)
When I snap the phone camera to finderscope i can record video with clearly visible stars. If the app could use the phone camera for alignment, it would greatly improve the accuracy and remove realignment nesessity.
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An antipode virtual DSC w/o having to select references.
That is, see the opposite view from tablet orientation.
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Separate sensors and display
Sensors on one device and display on another with the two communicating via blue tooth. So the viewing angle wouldn't be tied to the pointing angle. For example a phone strapped to the ota for sensing and a tablet in hand for viewing.
10 votesAgreed, I will be implementing this.
In fact, I am working on a very similar idea, which will be even more convenient.
Have a look here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/skeye/wiki/remote-sensorsThis currently works with dedicated sensors, but in the future, a phone could be made to act as sensing device (as suggested by you).
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Make reticule scale easier to see. Maybe on screen readout .
The Telrad like reticule scale is almost impossible to determine, especially night mode.
Maybe an on screen read out if possible.1 voteDid you try reducing the opacity of the reticule scale?
You can change it through:
Menu : Quick Settings : General : Telrad Opacity
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Overall opacity
I love SkEye, and the night mode is excellent, but I often find even the night mode is still too bright for me and throws off my eye adjustment. Could there be an opacity setting implemented for the entire interface on top of the other opacity settings? If not, even just another opacity slider to take care of the things that don't have one yet would be awesome.
Those of us using OLED displays could benefit quite a bit from that little extra darkness. :)
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Option to include Earth's continents, so I can point down and really experience how I'm on a sphere!
I love being reminded the stars are around me at all times. I also love being reminded of the fact I'm on a sphere.
SkEye helps me with the first, which is awesome. Couldn't it also help me with the second?
I'm imagining a very basic map that basically lets me see the shape of the continents more than 20 degrees away from my location. Visualizing that gives me a big thrill.
I'm unaware of any app that does that right now, and I think it'd be mindblowing.
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Specify lat / long in degrees and minutes not just decimals
Allow lat / long to be specified in degrees and minutes.
This can be in addition to decimals, because sometimes only decimal values are at hand.
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Fixed Telrad circles in traditional sizes.
Since you now support devices without the required sensors for the "virtual DSC's", what would be the possibility of getting traditional Telrad circles that stay fixed in the relative perspective of 1/2, 2 and 4 degrees regardless of zoom. That way if users prefer they can use Skeye in the same way you would traditional star charts. With the current variable circles if you zoom to the point of the 4 degree being the outside circle, the user loses perspective and relative position in the night sky. You're just zoomed in to close to get an idea of where you…
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Simple way to reset zoom to default FOV
Right now it appears the only way to reset the zoom to default is to exit the application or remember the default FOV and manually zoom back to it. A simple one-tap solution would be greatly appeciated (or even just using the back button, the same way you exit manual mode).
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Support for Bluetooth Goto
Loving this fantastic app, keep up the work. I am sure others will have asked for Bluetooth goto, same as sky safari.
There is open source code available on Google code with drivers for goto and for Bluetooth serial.
Many standard adaptors out there for Bluetooth to serial. (50 USD)
I suggest you start with skywatcher and celestron as they have largest young users who are learning and will want goto.Bluetooth is better than cable because frees the mobile from the camera for point and shoot plus less cables to get tangled.
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Add a "red light" function (making all screen red)
useful when mounting telescope, annotate, read a paper and so on...
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Add more object details
Amazing, definitely the best goto app. Currently have to bounce back and forth to another app for object details tho. A pain. I am looking forward to future updates. I bought the app, keep up the great work!
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GOTO control for mounts which have an RS-232 or Bluetooth interface
Example mounts:
Celestron C1111 votes
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