It's useful to see exactly what will be visible for many nights or weeks ahead, but it would be even better if they could be saved to an observing list - and a notification configured. Click on any of them and you get an image, a description, some background information and, best of all, the chance to inspect it in Sky Guide's planetarium. Next comes Calendar, which begins with a bite-size forecast of if/when you’ll have a clear sky and then presents a date-driven list of celestial events coming up - such as moon phases, moon/planet conjunctions and meteor showers. Featured is a blog-style scrolling section of news articles, a Constellation of the Month feature and Sky Sights of the Month round-ups. Settings allow the toggling on and off of constellation lines, mythological constellation art (sadly, it's Western/Ancient Greek only), object labels and satellites. The planetarium page is uncluttered, with icons down the bottom for Settings, Featured, Calendar and Search. Sky Guide features optional dynamic aurora. If you've ever purchased Sky Guide before, you'll retain the same features you paid for. The Pro version also offers field-of-view visualization tools and cinematic tours.Ĭrucially, there's no need to upgrade blindly since both Sky Guide Plus and Sky Guide Pro come with a one-week trial period, allowing you to cancel if you find that you don't use the extra features. Sky Guide Pro does all that and more, adding a massive catalog of 1.7 billion stars, including double and variable stars, over 1 million deep-sky objects, exoplanets and 1,000x zoom. It also adds information on how light-polluted observing sites are, as well as more advanced forecasts for meteor showers. Sky Guide Plus dramatically increases the star and object catalog, offering 100x more stars, 10,000x more satellites and 100x zoom. However, there are two add-on subscriptions available: Sky Guide Plus ($2.99 per month or $19.99 per year/£2.79 per month or £17.99 per year) and Sky Guide Pro ($4.99 per month or $39.99 per year/£4.49 per month or £34.99 per year). Sky Guide Version X launched in 2021 and comes in a free version.
Originally launched in 2013, the latest version of Sky Guide is the creation of Fifth Star Labs. Sky Guide can be used in both portrait and landscape mode.
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