Best Star Spotting App

[Halo]

I am about to spend a few nights sailing in the Caribbean. Can anyone recommend an app for night sky identification whilst night sailing ??

 

[elton]

I am about to spend a few nights sailing in the Caribbean. Can anyone recommend an app for night sky identification whilst night sailing ??

Google Sky Map is pretty good. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en_GB

 

[Plum]

Google Sky Map is pretty good. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en_GB

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Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[GHA]

Stellarium is great on a PC to make a start >

https://stellarium.org/

 

[Boathook]

I've used SkEye in the past that seemed to work well.

 

[Turnnidge]

I have been using Star View Lite recently, including across the Atlantic and around the Caribbean at the tail end of last year. Works well even without cell coverage.

 

[langstonelayabout]

We've used Starwalk with great success with and without data coverage in the UK, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Med and down to the Canaries. Very happy with it.

 

[Orion Jim]

Download the Night Sky app. Not free but a superior product. I spend a couple months every year sailing the Caribbean and find it a pleasant diversion.

 

[Martin&Rene]

For details of satellites and planets etc, also look at

https://www.heavens-above.com/