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Sky Map (formerly Google Sky Map, open sourced in 2012)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en
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Ursa Major appears distorted #329

Open mtekman opened 4 years ago

mtekman commented 4 years ago

Summary:

Ursa Major looks weird compared to other star maps

Steps to reproduce:

Scroll to Ursa Major, and compare it with the constellations shown in stellarium

Expected behavior:

Screenshot_2020-07-13 Stellarium Web Online Star Map

Observed behavior:

Screenshot_20200713-171305_Sky_Map

Device and Android version:

One Plus 5 (A5000), Android 9, Lineage 16.0-20200608, Kernel 4.4.153-lineage

Screenshots:

(see above)

mtekman commented 4 years ago

(Btw, thank you for this amazing open source app in F-Droid!)

jaydeetay commented 4 years ago

Yes, I guess it is a little strange looking. If you check the help page you can find the original star maps that were the source of the constellation lines we used 12 years ago. You'll see that Ursa Major looks a little unusual there too. Cassiopeia is also drawn in a way that isn't commonly seen - we changed that one to the more familiar W . I don't plan to redo the constellation lines just now - there are too many other higher priority tasks - but I'll keep this open in case I get a chance in the future.