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sky-map-team / stardroid

Sky Map (formerly Google Sky Map, open sourced in 2012)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en
Apache License 2.0
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Add Comet Nishimura & Extra Question #485

Open exaCORE42 opened 1 year ago

exaCORE42 commented 1 year ago

Comet Nishimura is visible this weekend, so being able to view it with SkyMap would be nice!

Also, quick question: how does SkyMap track the position of stars/ planets in the sky? Does it use a database or simply a simulation of the solar system? I am wondering just because I am interested :)

Thanks!

exaCORE42 commented 1 year ago

Also, on the same topic as the previous question, if the app doesn't use a database, would it be feasible to have it automatically query an online database of small objects (perhaps like this one: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_query.html, but I'm not sure if that one has an API that is usable....) and automatically add comets/other small objects of interest?

exaCORE42 commented 1 year ago

Comet Nishimura is no longer visible, should I close this issue?

kohtala commented 11 months ago

Please, do close. The project doesn't seem to be actively maintained.