Astro App
Learning and science
astronomy planning
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Astro App
I really like Stellarium and SkySafari but I felt like these are primarily geared towards exploring the sky…
astro.sshh.io#astronomy planner#night sky#object altitude#stargazing#cloud forecast
How HN took it
3 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful, impressive UI and onboarding
From 3 comments
Your app is awesome and I'm looking forward to playing with it when it's not being hugged to death :). That said I would definitely suggest reading some design books or taking an…
bbor on HNLooks incredible! Shows the value of a good onboarding -- really had me excited to see everything the app had to offer
nlunbeck on HNLooks great! This is super cool. Where do you source your information for object locations?
pkage on HN
Objections
Site overloaded and failing to load at launch
From 2 comments
> Uncaught Error: Minified React error #425; visit https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant=425 for the full message or use the non-minified dev environment > Access…
azangru on HNSorry y'all, it's the hug of death right now. Way underestimated the traffic this would get.
sshh12 on HN
Low contrast grey text hard to read
From 3 comments
Cool...probably... But am I the only one who can't read gray text on a gray background? I can't get past it...
Arech on HNMaybe just my aging eyes but the warning to HN visitors of grey text on black background is HIGHLY unreadable.
BillSaysThis on HNShould disambiguate from https://astro.build/ and various other name collissions in your title somehow, maybe "Astro App | Explore the Night Sky" ? Also the "Identifiers" section…
endigma on HN
Location setup requires device location, no manual option at first
From 2 comments
Looks like the only way to use it is giving location permission? Was excited to try it but probably won't until there is a postal code option.
causal on HNCan't get past the location setup. I click "use device location", authorize it in the browser, click save, and nothing happens.
abroadwin on HN
Title ambiguous with Astro framework and astrology
From 3 comments
Hey OP (or a mod?), can we consider editing the title to say "Astronomy App" instead of "Astro App?" I accidentally skipped this at first because I thought it was just somebody's…
solardev on HNFun stuff. Maybe work words like "sky" "explorer" etc into the title tho..... This being HN I thought maybe this had something to do with https://astro.build/
ChrisArchitect on HNThis. At first glance from title of this submission I thought it's an astrology app.
guptarohit on HN
Requests
Show cloud direction across the night
From 1 comment
My current setup is Stellarium + Clear Outside + windy.app and with that you really do need to know ahead of time which objects are visible for your particular location at that…
jsf01 on HN
Show object magnitude
From 1 comment
My current setup is Stellarium + Clear Outside + windy.app and with that you really do need to know ahead of time which objects are visible for your particular location at that…
jsf01 on HN
Recommendations of objects to observe
From 1 comment
My current setup is Stellarium + Clear Outside + windy.app and with that you really do need to know ahead of time which objects are visible for your particular location at that…
jsf01 on HN
Alerts when objects are overhead
From 1 comment
How about an alert for when [thing] is going to be above your house?
samstave on HN
VR version
From 1 comment
This could be a cool application in VR - have you thought about publishing a version for AVP or Quest?
edmundsauto on HN
Questions
Where does weather data come from
From 1 comment
Looks nice! Where does the weather forecast data come from? I've used Clear Sky Charts (https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/) in the past. Edit: scratch this question, it was…
nullhole on HN
Where object location data comes from
From 1 comment
Looks great! This is super cool. Where do you source your information for object locations?
pkage on HN
Alternatives named
Stellarium
From 1 comment
My current setup is Stellarium + Clear Outside + windy.app and with that you really do need to know ahead of time which objects are visible for your particular location at that…
jsf01 on HN
Clear Outside and windy.app
From 1 comment
My current setup is Stellarium + Clear Outside + windy.app and with that you really do need to know ahead of time which objects are visible for your particular location at that…
jsf01 on HN
Clear Sky Charts
From 1 comment
Looks nice! Where does the weather forecast data come from? I've used Clear Sky Charts (https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/) in the past. Edit: scratch this question, it was…
nullhole on HN
Telescopius
From 1 comment
This is great! I usually use https://telescopius.com/ but this has just made it onto my bookmarks, well done!
6footgeek on HN
SkySafari
From 1 comment