Astrospheric

Astrospheric

By Daniel Fiordalis

  • Category: Weather
  • Release Date: 2017-01-25
  • Current Version: 12.1.6
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 35.20 MB
  • Developer: Daniel Fiordalis
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.1 or later.
Score: 4.7
4.73881
From 268 Ratings

Description

Astrospheric provides advanced weather tools for professional astronomers and astrophotographers in the Continental US and Canada, and supports hundreds of astronomical societies with tools that help members stay connected. Are you using what the pros use? Features • 84 hour, hour-by-hour forecast • CMC astronomy data updated every 6 hours (no other service provides this data) • Ensemble cloud forecast lets you quickly compare the major forecast models with hourly updates (Astrospheric Pro) • Extended cloud forecast • Kp index for Aurora viewing (and alerts with Pro) • International Space Station (ISS) flyover paths and times • Astrospheric is the only astronomy service that integrates the smoke forecast into the transparency report • Sky data: cloud, sky transparency, seeing • Ground data: wind, temperature, and humidity • Precise rise and set times for both the sun and moon • Get weather alerts when conditions meeting your requirements are met (Astrospheric Pro) • Details Solar and Lunar eclipse data Astronomical Societies • Stay connected with chat, image sharing, and event planning with all of your members. • Qualifying astronomical societies can get Pro features for all of their members Site Mode • Information necessary to quickly set up your GOTO tracking mount • Available even if you don’t have a network connection Astrospheric Professional is now available to enable Weather Alerts, Ensemble cloud forecast, and more! • Astrospheric Professional is billed monthly or yearly and will auto-renew unless turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. The renewal cost will be the same as the initial sign-up cost of the subscription. Any changes in cost will be communicated before renewal takes place. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the your Account Settings after purchase. A link to these settings is made available within Astrospheric "My Profile" for easy access. • The terms of use and privacy policy may be found at https://www.astrospheric.com/privacypolicy.php, purchasing a subscription shows agreement to these terms. PLEASE NOTE: Weather data is not available for Hawaii due to the domain area covered by the Canadian Meteorological Center. However, satellite and light pollution map layers, as well as other features will work in Hawaii.

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Reviews

  • Great app, with a suggestion

    5
    By scott4525
    It’s a great app, there is very little to complain about, I do wish that it had the colongitude included in the lunar data.
  • Super accurate

    5
    By DeeMaster
    I hate how accurate this app is when it tells me it’s gonna be cloudy at night, ha! If it says it is… it is. If it says it’s gonna be clear, feel assured to spend hours setting up all your gear ;-)
  • Love this app

    5
    By The•North•Star
    Works smoothly.
  • No data in my state

    1
    By FlowerrrBoy
    No data available in Hawaii.
  • Best App Ever

    5
    By Mitch Cloud
    We are coming off of the 2024 eclipse where Astrospheric was instrumental in helping us find a clear location to catch totality. Someone the morning of the eclipse added a feature that linked to live satellite views of cloud cover - absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for making such a robust, easy to use, well coded app. You made our eclipse experience amazing! Also also, using this app for general weather or more importantly, stargazing is the best app you can possibly use. I want to shout you out on social media but I can’t find anything, so to the app reviews I go!
  • Deleted

    1
    By AppleChucker
    Resilient displays of advertisements. Prevented the ability to view/assess app through pop-up full-screen ads. Cannot expect users to blindly enable a paid subscription, under those circumstances. Otherwise, cloud forecasts can be found online WITHOUT being charged. App deleted.
  • GREAT app

    5
    By Tori O
    What a great app!
  • Excellent

    5
    By BelayOn
    An absolute necessity for astrophotography. A true service.
  • Not Accurate for Forecasts or Current Conditions

    2
    By Nine-hole Shooter
    I like the user interface of this app, and of course it provides a lot of information that could be useful to astronomers. But I’m surprised that it gets such good ratings from astronomers. On most occasions, the forecast has simply been wrong. It seems to also be wrong in real time — for example, it’ll be 100% cloudy outside but this app will show a blue box and report 0% cloud cover at that time. My GPS location is correct, but it just keeps reporting conditions that are not correct. As a result, I don’t find it useful for predicting stargazing conditions. The app itself is laid out nicely though, so if they could improve their weather source I think this would actually be a great app.
  • Zero prediction reliability - don’t waste time

    1
    By VtTerri
    Been trying to use this for years but it has a perfect zero reliability in Predicting cloud cover in the northeast. If I could give it a zero I would. I’ve put in Reports of the issue but what does the app developer do, nothing but think you should now pay for the worst forecasting imaginable!! Do t waste your time or money.

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