Features
Ephemeris Live offers a range of features to enhance your astronomical experience:
- Real-Time Tracking: Monitor the positions of planets, stars, and other celestial objects in real-time.
- Intuitive Sky Mapping Features a Live Planisphere Radar view that translates celestial coordinates into a top-down, real-time projection of your local sky.
- Simulated Eyepiece Optics: Includes a custom stencil-masked simulator that scales magnification based on your specific telescope and eyepiece focal lengths, visualizing inverted optics and planetary configurations.
- Night Mode: A dedicated red-scale filter toggles across the entire interface, designed specifically to preserve your eyes' dark adaptation during nighttime field use.
- Integrated Observation Journal: A built-in logging system allows you to record and save session notes directly within the app, creating an organized roster of your astronomical observations.
- Flexible Time Navigation: Provides interactive controls to shift time forwards or backwards in one-hour increments, enabling you to predict and plan for upcoming celestial transits.
- Desktop App: Download the desktop application for offline tracking and full-screen visualization.