Polar Scope Align Pro

• Redesigned Location Manager. • Redesigned settings screens for all tools, with integrated help. • Xasteria weather improvements: ◦ Redesigned Light Pollution tool with an interactive map using World Atlas 2015 or Xasteria/VIIRS data. Pan, zoom and tap any location for sky brightness and approximate Bortle estimates. Includes road and satellite backgrounds, adjustable opacity, night colours and an expandable information panel. ◦ Dedicated Light Pollution help explaining the data sources, SQM and the subjective nature of Bortle estimates. ◦ New Multi forecast combines 7Timer astronomy data with the optimal short-term forecast from MET.no or Apple Weather. Tap marked disagreements to compare the original data. ◦ New animated Cloud Map using EUMETSAT and NASA GIBS infrared imagery, with a time slider, playback controls and your location marked. ◦ New All Sky Map for Satellites shows the entire night on one chart, with satellite trajectories, a time slider and adjustable playback speed. ◦ Bright and Brightest satellite tabs merged into a single Satellites tab with an instant brightness filter. ◦ Faster satellite pass and sky-map calculations, with progress indication. ◦ New configurable Weather Multi widget with selectable fields, multiple display styles, day/night shading, Moon phase and source update details. ◦ Improved Weather Tonight widget with automatic source selection and a configurable extra row. ◦ Fixed NOAA and water-vapour links. • Optional one-time camera lens alignment to verify and correct the camera when performing azimuth calibration. • Improved iOptron WiFi direction pad, plus a new joystick available throughout the app for manual movement and synchronisation. • Improved DSO database listings, particularly chart and image loading. Long-press an object’s details to copy its data. • A vertical line on DSO database, Lunar Calendar and Weather charts now indicates the current time. • New coordinate units setting: DMS or decimal. • Added Sh2 designations to all Sharpless objects. • Layout fixes for large font settings. • Windowed mode fixes. A quick rating or review on the App Store is always appreciated. For suggestions or feedback: http://astro.ecuadors.net