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Star Hop
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:29 pm
by GCoyote
Fairly new and might be useful to newbies.
Anyone tried it yet?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... zkmo&pli=1
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:42 pm
by JayTee
Not being able to star hop is like driving a car and not being able to turn left!
A skill we should all have rudimentary knowledge of at the very least (star hopping and turning left). If this app helps you, so much the better.
Thanks, Gary.
Cheers,
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 11:31 pm
by Xio1996
Oh no! I drive a car and turn left all the time (or is it the car) but star hopping is a mystery to me! Oh! right, I have a goto scope. Sorry, carry on with your business :-)
The app looks good. Star hopping, not so much :-)
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:01 am
by Bigzmey
JayTee wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:42 pm
Not being able to star hop is like driving a car and not being able to turn left!
A skill we should all have rudimentary knowledge of at the very least (star hopping and turning left). If this app helps you, so much the better.
Thanks, Gary.
Cheers,
I would say that star hopping is like driving without GPS. We all used to do it, but now people sleep at the wheels in Teslas on freeways.
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:57 pm
by aae0130
I have been messing around with an application called AstroHopper. Runs on a smart phone. It requires that you attach the phone to a tripod mounted instrument. The screen is parallel to the axis of the tube like Celestron Star Sense. However, it is not plate solving like the Celestron product.
I use it on my Oberwerk 100mm Binocular Telescope. My sky is seriously light polluted (NY metro location) and only the major constellation stars are viewable naked eye. This and applications like it can save you many hours in searching.
My 100-BT is mounted on a Manfrotto video head and a heavy wood tripod. Took me a couple of days to figure out how to mount the phone in an elegant fashion.
I designed this quick release holder to mount on the BT’s picatinny rail and 3d printed it. Works very well.
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:33 pm
by JayTee
Nice job, there is a similar app to this called SkEye.
Cheers,
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:57 pm
by helicon
That's pretty cool.
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:15 pm
by Bigzmey
aae0130 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:57 pm
I have been messing around with an application called AstroHopper. Runs on a smart phone. It requires that you attach the phone to a tripod mounted instrument. The screen is parallel to the axis of the tube like Celestron Star Sense. However, it is not plate solving like the Celestron product.
I use it on my Oberwerk 100mm Binocular Telescope. My sky is seriously light polluted (NY metro location) and only the major constellation stars are viewable naked eye. This and applications like it can save you many hours in searching.
My 100-BT is mounted on a Manfrotto video head and a heavy wood tripod. Took me a couple of days to figure out how to mount the phone in an elegant fashion.
I designed this quick release holder to mount on the BT’s picatinny rail and 3d printed it. Works very well.
Nicely done!
Re: Star Hop
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:35 pm
by aae0130
JayTee wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:33 pm
Nice job, there is a similar app to this called SkEye.
Cheers,
Yes I looked at it. I’m a member of another forum and one of the members there actually developed AstroHopper. I wasn’t looking for an
ap but just stumbled upon that thread so I started reading and got interested.
I looked at the
ap in the OP “Star Hop”, but it wasn’t described as something to use at the scope so it’s a little different. SkEye looks interesting similar to AstroHopper. I believe the intended function is the same. You locate a visible star and align. Then use it to hop to things not seen naked eye.
Astro Hopper turned out to be accurate enough for me.