[PLUG-TALK] Where's Venus?

[Russell Johnson]

As well, I use 'Planets' on my iPhone. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets/id305793334?mt=8

I have never had any issues and it's a great app for identifying objects in the night sky. Also does the phases of the moon as well as has a chart indicating when each planet will be visible. The Dev has somewhat of a sense of humor. For the time earth is visible, he put, "always visible".:)

Anyway, there may certainly be a better app out there, but Planets has never disappointed. 

-Russ

On 4/22/18, 13:03, "Mel Andres" <plug-talk-bounces at pdxlinux.org on behalf of mel97215 at comcast.net> wrote:

    I have an app called SkyView Lite on the iPhone. Have you looked at 
    that? It supposedly has shown me the constellations and the stars 
    within, planets, the ISS, and Hubble.
    
    Mel
    
    
    On 4/21/18 3:51 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
    > Is there a simple web or desktop app that uses clock
    > time and GPS location to identify the brighter objects
    > in the night (or daytime) sky?  Extra bonus points for
    > a skyview app that includes the realtime positions of
    > satellites computed from their orbital elements, and
    > aircraft from realtime flight tracking information.
    >
    > If ordinary people can easily identify what they see in
    > the sky, they may be slightly less prone to hypothesize
    > alien spaceships.  And if enough people from widely
    > different locations photograph a moving object that is
    > NOT asily explained, perhaps they will discover something
    > new and interesting.
    >
    > Keith
    >
    
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