The Celestron StarSense Explorer free app does a nice job on this, as a simplified beginner level star app. That is something you can add to the desktop version. But there are plenty of moon map apps.Ī button I wish was there is asterisms. But the old version doesn't have that either so it is not a moon map tool as far as I can tell. One thing I miss from the desktop is labels of major features on the moon. But with the Telrad grid I may not pay much attention to that. That is nice.Īs you zoom in and out it gives you the FOV at the bottom but it doesn't stay on so you have to watch for it. I have better control of hints and names, like on the desktop. It defaults to Western names and pictures which is all I need. Lots of versions of constellations/star lore but I always have the pictures turned off. Then I swipe up and it gives me more and there is a button to go to Wikipedia which gives me their article on whatever I am on. If I bring up the info screen it gives me basic info. Plus has a nice info integration with Wikipedia. The old version would put a mark on the target but I would have to move around to find it if I didn't know where it was. I doubt it is precise enough to point a scope but it is a nice feature. If I have the screen in active mode, where it moves as I point the phone, when I search for something a circle comes up, like SkEye, that tells me where to point the phone.
That one feature alone may be enough to make this worth it for me. I drop the target under the telrad and zoom in. Anything past Mag 12 for me is not especially useful.Ī few features I like is the ability to have a telrad grid on the screen all the time as my marker point. I am more interested in the user tools than going to Mag 22 on stars. Have only played with it for a few minutes but here are some first impressions of the Plus version over the earlier version I had on my phone.
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