Sky Time
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Free | John Kennedy | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Sky Time is a useful tool to have to hand when setting up your telescope!
* Displays local, Julian, Local Sidereal and Universal Time.
* Night-vision friendly red display.
* Pop-up descriptions of the times at your fingertips.
Reviews
Very nice simple app
billmcfa
This is a great little app that gives you some basic time/location data. Great for astronomers and general geeks. If you have Pocket Universe (another great app) it will jump to that app directly when you tap the telescope.
UTC has a problem
Baroqueman
The UTC display goes past 24 hours, like now mine says 27:35. I sent developer a note but no updates yet. I haven't taken it outside yet to verify the sidereal time.
Great little app
Anthony in SF
This is a very simple little app that does what it says. I particularly appreciate knowing the local sidereal time, and the red and black display, to preserve night vision. It's free, give it a try.
Just what I needed
Senior Scientist
I need to know the Julian date for spacecraft mission activities and it's a pain to calculate but this takes all the pain away. Brilliant!
Handy
Joe_58
Nicely done, handy little app. I'm thinking that a useful update would be to add a compass to the display too as there's a lot of room left on the screen. Just a suggestion. Great app though if this is something you need.
Nice simple app
Some random observer
One comment though... LST data implies accuracy to the second but the seconds field just tracks wall clock time which is a little misleading.
Awesome but...
Brnbote
Missing one important field I believe and that's "ELEVATION". Nonetheless, it's still a great app hence the 5 stars.
Not accurate
Casual astronomer
Sidereal time does not track what the USNO provides. Not even close to correct.
