Star Where - Practical Astronomy Lite description

The most practical, simple and straightforward beginner's amateur astronomy application. As someone interested in the night sky, it is not always possible to be under a brilliant star studded sky as shown in many apps. But you get many opportunities to stare at the night sky from your home balcony or porch. Let's help you make full use of these times. This application understands that you might not have the most dark and unpolluted sky. Also that you might not have access to the whole sky when you have only one balcony. It is very practical and guides you to only celestial objects which you can see.

Select your location and time. Select your arena - outdoors, porch or balcony followed by your sky type - city, rural or dark. We will tell you what's up there. Enjoy those beautiful celestial objects. Select a celestial object from the list and we will tell you which direction to see and how high the object is. Also provided are pre-rendered maps with two zoom levels. Use this map for star hopping to the celestial object of interest.

Features:

Beginner Friendly
We will tell you what's interesting out there. Does not expect you to know what to search for. Tell us where you are and we will tell you what to see

Practical, Logical
We removed all clutter. Simple interface to find celestial objects. Nothing fancy or 3D. A living sky guide book. Select your arena and the quality of the sky. We will tell you what to see.

City Friendly Catalog
Most of us don't have the luxury of an access to a dark sky. The celestial objects included with this app are practical and visible to city and rural dwellers. Nevertheless, we include practical Constellations, Double stars, Star clouds, Planetary Nebula, Open clusters. In the full version we include Planets, Red stars, Globular clusters, Galaxies and Bright emission nebulae.

Night Mode [Full version only]
When observing, switch to night mode. A black and red colour scheme which will be easy on the eye. Red colour does not affect your dark adapted eyes.

Digital Assistance
The mobile's compass and accelerometer is actively used to guide you to the celestial object. It is as simple as aligning two lines on the screen

Astronomy Calendar [60 days in full version]
A 5 day astronomical calendar is provided to help you choose the best days for observation. Included are celestial events and whether the moon will play spoilsport for your observations

Inbuilt Glossary
Beginner friendly again! There is an instant lookup for all the science jargons used in the app. Click on the glossary option and educate yourself

How to measure the night sky. Hand scales
Distances in the sky are often mentioned in degrees. We provide a small premier on how to use your fingers to measure them.