StargazingPal Version History

AI stargazing summary, redesigned UI, and satellite cloud maps

Added AI-powered summaries for tonight's sky conditions, refreshed the app interface, and expanded satellite cloud map planning.

New UI design

Introduced a redesigned app interface to make planning and scanning sky conditions faster.

Image of the Day

Added a daily astronomy image experience and included stability fixes for a smoother browsing session inside the app.

Cloud cover forecasts and apparent magnitude

Integrated cloud cover forecast data, added apparent magnitude support, and addressed bugs affecting observation planning.

Aurora forecast localization fix

Fixed aurora forecast data parsing when the device system language is not English.

Interface improvements and more languages

Refined the app interface and added additional localization languages for a broader astronomy audience.

Bortle Scale 2023 and aurora map layer

• Updated the Bortle Scale layer to the 2023 dataset.
• Added aurora forecast information to the map.
• Added device orientation support to the asteroid and comet tracking page.

Star Map

Added the Star Map and shipped interface refinements for a more direct observing workflow.

Red light, solar image, and orbital simulation

• Added red light tools for preserving night vision.
• Added real-time solar imagery.
• Added asteroid and comet orbital simulation.

Faster location return and asteroid details

• Automatically loads the last location when reopening the app.
• Added recently used locations and favorites for pinned observing sites.
• Added Magnitude H display for asteroid approaches with direct tracking list actions.

Aurora coverage maps

Added approximate aurora coverage maps for different Kp-index levels and included bug fixes.

Stability fixes

Bug fixes for a more reliable planning experience.

Comet Tracker and more asteroid approaches

Added Comet Tracker and expanded the asteroid approach list for deeper object tracking.

Optional weather source and Kp predictions

Added an optional weather forecast data source and Kp-index predictions to aurora forecasts.

Memory fix

Fixed an out-of-memory crash.

Milky Way forecast

Added Milky Way forecasts and shipped bug fixes.

Bug fixes

Early maintenance release after launch.

First release

• Global weather forecast query and site-specific observing conditions.
• Planetary rise and set predictions, moon tools, aurora forecasts, and Bortle Scale map.
• Satellite cloud maps, radar maps, asteroid tracking, annual astronomy events, and meteor shower predictions.