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Page 1: Cheat Sheet - Starmap · beginners and advanced star-gazers. The stories can be viewed live under the stars, depicting what you see in real-time under the celestial sphere. They can

Cheat Sheet

Page 2: Cheat Sheet - Starmap · beginners and advanced star-gazers. The stories can be viewed live under the stars, depicting what you see in real-time under the celestial sphere. They can

Menus sliders. Swipe right or left for more menus.

Compass action.Fast toggle of the compass action while holding towardsthe device towards the sky.

Double tap on the map.This resets the map zoom and stops each actions.

Long touch in the mapThis gives access to the map tools

Pinch & ZoomThis adjust the map zooming.

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Time sliderSlide the ruler tosee the mapevolution intime

ImagesAdd user images.Use StarmapShare foradding your owns.

RulerMesure angular

distances

TelradAs on your telescope

Find againRepeats the last search

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Horizon releaseWhen really forcing, the horizon comes up andthe hidden part of he sky becomes visible

Sneak Peek under the horizonWhen the horizon is activated in the settings, the object under the ground are not visible on the map.The map motions are limited. However, by forcing thehorizon up, the user can access the invisible sky.

Forcing the horizon upby insisting, the horizon fades and

shows what's beneath.

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VisibilityFilters objects visible right nowCatalogue Items

Touch the name for object panel.

Object searchTouch the arrow to search for theobject on the map

PreviousReturns to the previous menu

Menu closeSlide down to close menus.Some menus have adjustable heights,like settings.

Menu close (alternate)Touch the active menu icon to close a menu.

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IllustrationThe main objects have illustrations.

Object searchTouch the arrow to search for the

object on the map

Menu closeSlide down to close the menu.Resize it to view the object short description.

Slide the detailed viewMore information are available below, like theobject visibility charts.

CoordinatesExpand for more coordinates in

many referentials.

Wikipedia linkThis jumps to the right page in Safari

ShareSends the object to most social network Apps

ExpandsMany detailed views section can be expandedfor more even more details.

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Turm all the App to red mode

All sorts of graduations.

Deep sky optionsSelect which deep sky object should bedisplayed and how.

TimeDisplays the map date

Many options for starsIncluding label sizes and magnitudes

Adjust the menu sizeLet the map appear behindthe menu and see how options makes it change.

Horizon optionsSelect your favorite skyline or remove the horizon

Milkyway optionsDotted lines or plain milky way

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Location nameTouch to enter your own location name

Toggle the compassincluding compass status and

Earth magnetic field parameters for the location

GeolocationUsing GPS and Wifi to geolocate your device automatically

Interactive mapSelect one of 5000 predefined locations

Time & Date

Weather forecastPrevisions for the next five night

Light pollutionQuality of the sky for the location

Former used locationsSlide down this menu to access the listof previous locations, automatically stored.

Present location

Time zoneSet automatically for the location.Touch to modify.

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Map appearance presetsSelect your best map display.Warning, this will override your present settings.Night Vision — the red mode — is accessible from thesettings.

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Touch any item on the mapThis provides short informations on thetouch map item.

ExpandUse the blue plus button or swipe up

the orange knob to reach the extended view forthe selected object

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Optics settingsenter your own optics and telescope by touching

the plus button.

Optics sliderSelect the eye piece, camera, reticle, etc ..

Eyepiece overlayA long touch on the map displays the map tools.Select the telescope for the eye view overlay.

Pinch & Zoomthis select the optics , ordered by magnifying factor

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FiltersThe tonight view has many settings, object kind, sorting, etc ...and a appearance. All objects come with descriptions.

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Space weatherThe App is connected to various data services fromgovernmental agencies that survey Sun activities.Polar lights predictions up to three days and the present Sun spots situations.

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EventsThe list of celestial events is specially computed for your location.Occulations, conjunctions, eclipses, meteor showers, etc...

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Lunar detailsStarmap is fitted with a complete Moon map suitedfor observation, a phase calendar and even a libration graph.

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Jupiter detailsJupiter comes with great details, including a Great Red Sportprediction and a view of its satellites which you can animatealong the time.

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SatellitesAll referenced satellites cruising around Earth are available.Precise details, like position, speeds, doppler effects are reported.A detailed visibility map is computed live. Visibility and trajectoriesfor your location are also available.Satellites trajectories are also displayed in the Solar System 3Dmodel.

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Download featuresExpand the possibilities of the App by purchasingadditional features. The PRO version gives access to allof them — with the exception of telescope control.Touch an item for more details.

RestoreFor new installation or transfers to another device,use the restore button located at the bottom of the items list.

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Astronomy coursesStarmap comes with many astronomy courses, forbeginners and advanced star-gazers. The storiescan be viewed live under the stars, depicting whatyou see in real-time under the celestial sphere.They can also be view "offline", on your couch.

The sky tonightOne free story is a night report, spoken live, adapted toyour location.

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The time sliderThis feature animates the map along the time.Swipe and slide the bottom ruler forward and backwards.

Time slider from map toolsA long touch on the map lets the map tools appear.Select the time slider.

Close the time slider.

Select an objectThe map will follow the selected object along the time.

Select the time step.

Time rulerGive it an impulse forward or backwards.

Back to now

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RulerThe map tools gives access to an angular distance ruler.

TelradActivate the tetrad display to exactly reflect what yousee with this device mounted on your telescope

Map toolsA long touch on the map lets the map tools appears.

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The image sliderWhen pressing the images tools, the images sliderappears with all the images available for the field of view.Touch an image thumbnail to let its appear exactly placedon the map

Map toolsA long touch on the map lets the map tools appears.Select the images tools.

StarmapShare.comThis is the web portal where you can upload your images.These will be placed on the map and curated by ourteam.

You can download the selection of the best images in Starmapfor offline access. If not, images will be accessible from the cloud.

By entering your StamapShare credentials, Starmap will useyour own images in priority.

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Universe 3D modelStarmap contains a 3D model of the Universe,from the Solar System up to the outer bounds of theVirgo Super Cluster.Touch planets to see them closer.