About
Stellarium Mobile - Star Map is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. Identify stars, constellations, planets, comets, satellites (such as the ISS), and other deep sky objects in real time in the sky above you in just a few seconds, just by pointing the phone at the sky! This astronomy application has an easy to use and minimalist user interface, that makes it one of the best astronomical applications for adults and children who want to explore the night sky. Stellarium Mobile features: ★ View an accurate night sky simulation of stars and planets for any date, time and location. ★ Dive in a collection of many stars, nebulas, galaxies, star clusters and other deep sky objects. ★ Zoom on realistic Milky Way and Deep Sky Objects images. ★ Discover how people living in other regions of the planet see the stars by selecting the shapes and illustrations of the constellations for many sky cultures. ★ Track artificial satellites, including the International Space Station. ★ Simulate landscape and atmosphere with realistic sunrise, sunset and atmosphere refraction. ★ Discover 3D rendering of the major solar system planets and their satellites. ★ Observe the sky in night mode (red) to preserve your eyes adaptation to darkness. Stellarium Mobile contains in-app purchases allowing to upgrade to Stellarium Plus. With this upgrade, the app will display objects as faint as magnitude 22 (versus magnitude 8 in the base version) and enable advanced observing features. Stellarium Plus features (unlocked with in-app purchase): ★ Reach the limit of knowledge by diving in a massive collection of stars, nebulas, galaxies, star clusters and other deep sky objects: • All known stars: Gaia DR2 catalog of over 1.69 billion stars • All known planets, natural satellites and comets, and many other minor solar system objects (10k asteroids) • Most known deep sky objects: a combined catalog of over 2 million nebulas and galaxies ★ Zoom almost without limits on high resolution images of deep sky objects or planetary surfaces. ★ Observe in the field, even without internet connection, with a "reduced" set of data: 2 million stars, 2 million Deep Sky Objects, 10k asteroids. ★ Control your telescope through Bluetooth or WIFI: drive any GOTO telescope compatible with NexStar, SynScan or LX200 protocols. ★ Prepare your observing sessions using the advanced observation tools, to predict a celestial object observability and transit times. Stellarium Mobile - Star Map is made by the original creator of Stellarium, the well known open source planetarium and one of the best astronomy applications on Desktop PC.
Info
Release
Dec 4, 2020
Last Updates
This update brings the following improvements: - improved search results - improved monthly calendar results and icons - fixed red mode on some devices - fixed missing objects in favorites list We are happy to hear from you and get your feedback!
Rating
Everyone
Genre
Education
Reviews
A fun tool for exploring and learning more about the night sky! From the red night vision overlay to the various cultural overlays, the display is packed with useful features and information. The ability to point your phone at the sky and track objects is super helpful if you are learning your way around the celestial sphere, either just for fun or as a budding amateur astronomer.
Amelinda Webb
Would be AWESOME to be able to go backwards from the search screen. It's a total PITA to have to exit out and search again to see object. Like looking up a comet then realizing it is magnitude 30. Then have to go back a search again. It would also be awesome to be able to sort objects, by apparent magnitude, or sort them by popularity etc..
Graham McKain
This is a fantastic app. I use it every time I take my telescope out to stargaze. The positions and names of everything are accurate, even with the deep sky objects. With premium, you can use GoTo or a similar computerized tracking technology to automate your telescope for ease of use, and you get specific times for when an object will be most easily visible. I also use the app for planning ahead of time what I want to observe to save time when it matters. Overall, 10/10 would highly recommend.
Connor Trumbull
SO cool! I've never been one of those people who can easily spot constellations, but this app makes it almost shockingly easy! I'm also surprised how accurate it is! Just last night i was stargazing through my window when i noticed a satellite moving through the sky. I checked the app and, sure enough, i could see the satellite moving on my phone, as well! I HIGHLY recommend 😊
marcie phipps
Absolutely 💯 million % beautifully designed, very easy to use for anyone, optional landscape, optional night vision, multiple versions of astrology to use, very informative and educational without a loss of interest or taking away from the main focus, and the ability to save your favorites! Not to mention that the subscriptions are actually budget friendly and reasonable!!! I highly recommend this app to everyone I know and even those I don't, If you love stargazing you're going to love this!!
Ruth A
This is a fantastic app! I have been looking for an app that can show me the were stellar objects are at all times and this does it well. I like the features that it provides such as, being able to see surfaces of planets, seeing were satilites and other man made objects are like the International Space Station and, information about the objects. In conclusion, this is a amazing app because of its capabilities like seeing the objects either man made or natural and, information about them.
Zaiden Who
Great app!!! Highly recommended! Beautiful displays of the constellations' graphic overlays of their classical images. I love the way you can navigate through the night sky by dragging the charts to see what will be coming up next. I do wish there was a way to turn on more of the classical image graphics grouped together, instead of just the one, two or three images visable at a time, to be able to see all of the interrelationships of the constellations to each other. Great learning tool. Thanks
Lonnie Barnes
Wonderful apps to learn the starmap in the sky. The only downside is accuracy. The scaling and location of the constellations changes after rotation. There is an offset between the constellation and the phone screen. Also, the screen shows only one constellation at a time. Scrambled screen back and forth to see the nearby constellations is hard specifically when one holding phone in the air more than 5 minutes.
Hsi-Lun Chang
Surprisingly easy to use , definitely unique in it's abilities, easy to use and understand UI . The only thing I think this app can add is altitude and speed of passing satellites but otherwise very thorough information and I'm using only the free version . This app is 200% worth the upgrade for the additional cost as well . This app is a MUST HAVE for anyone from experts to novices like me . This app will feed your excitement of learning what's overhead . Get it !!!! You won't regret it,ever!!!
Mo5150
Love this app! I'm obsessed with learning what it is that I'm seeing in the sky. I use it often and it always works the way it should, there are no ads even on the free version + no pushing you to pay for anything although there is an affordable option to upgrade with a free trial which is appreciated. And after almost a year of using it only one rating request. Absolutely nothing negative to say about it.
stephanie m
I love the desktop client, mobile is lacking in a lot of ways. I ended up refunding the plus version, maybe if there was a bit more feature parity with the desktop client, such as the pre-configured telescopes and lenses, the ability to simply put in aperture size, focal length, camera sensor, etc... I absolutely think that the features of the desktop on a phone would be worth $19. It just isn't there yet.
Jeffrey Vingin