Not working with android 9
Polar Finder at Google Play market analyse
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Description
When astronomical observations or imaging is done using an equatorial telescope mount, the right-ascension (RA) axis should be parallel with the rotation axis of the Earth to avoid star-trails and errors in guiding. The method how we achieve it is called polar alignment and it starts with a rough alignment of the RA axis. The best aid for this is to use a polar finder scope with a reticle. On the reticle the Polar star (and the Octant for the Southern hemisphere) is engraved and should be positioned over the real Polaris by turning it. Because the Polaris is not exactly coincide with the Earths rotation axis but rotates around it, one should know the exact hour angle of the Polaris to adjust (rotate) the finder.This utility helps you solve this problem by graphically showing you the current position of the Polaris. The application tracks and draws the position of the Polaris (or Octant) in real-time and also displays its hour-angle, the local sideral time, current local time and the longitude of the place. The longitude can be entered manually or obtained using the built-in GPS. The view on the display can be mirrored to match the view in your polar finder scope. Key features are as follows: ⢠Northern, southern hemispheres⢠Naked eye, telescopic view⢠Customizable marker angle⢠Support for: Astro-Physics, AstroTrac, Ioptron, Losmandy, Skywatcher, StarAdventure, Takahashi and Vixen eyepiece reticles⢠Precession⢠Night vision mode⢠Enter longitude of your place manually or via built-in GPSNote: On some new devices running Android 4.x the preferences menu can be reached via pressing and holding the Recent Apps Button - which is a âsoft keyâ (not the Home button). On Galaxy Tabs there are three buttons at the bottom. The middle one is the main, hardware button. The task manager is just on its left side. Press and hold for about two whole seconds on it, and then the menu comes up.GPS update was made shorted for quicker refresh.
Reviews
My only complaint is that I could not get the GPS coordinates to come up on the screen in one of my phones. The other Stylo 2 an identical phone the GPS coordinates are available.
Nice little app
At first it didnt work, after restarting my phone it works perfect now.
Very slow to get GPS coordinates, other apps don't have the same problem. Installed the update but does not appear to have made any difference. Waiting 20 mins now and it still hasn't got coordinates. I have checked that permissions are ok. Other apps like SAM console, GPS Essentials get location in seconds. I have rebooted phone etc. but still no joy. Finally after about 23 mins it got location details - very poor :-(
I use this with two Astrophysics mounts that have RAPAS alignment scope and an Ioptron Sky Tracker Pro also with the built in alignment scope. Works great and can switch between different types of mounts/alignment scopes. Make sure you set with correct location data (E or W) and correct hemisphere. When you turn it on GPS has to be on for auto location so wait until the GPS satellites are located or you will have wrong alignment point. You will know when it connects when the coordinates display.
GPS works now after manually enabling permissions in the phone settings. An automatic prompt would be nice to avoid running into this issue.
