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AstroHopper (SkyHopper) list of working and problematic Hardware

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Artyom Beilis edited this page Feb 8, 2022 · 4 revisions

Disclaimer

This list is compiled based on user reports. There is no guarantee of any kind of the application will work on your device even if it is listed there since the result maybe affected by too many parameters: quality of specific sensors in the device, user experience, telescope FOV etc.

The list is provided as a fast glance for what users had achieved and reported with their devices.

Known to work

  • Samsung Galaxy A31, by author

    Phone tha app was developed on.

  • Galaxy s10e, by Michael V, FAGN, by zerogee CN

    @Michael works nicely, very precise

    @zerogee Really streamlines the star hopping; 2022-01-28, The App still working great after updating to Android 12.

  • Samsung S8, by Zreticuli, DFFI, by dbrb, CN

    by Zreticuli

    works perfectly for me

  • Galaxy A50, Android 10, by davelpg, CN

    1.86 degree TFOV. Aligned with Arcturus, then (several times) hopped to: Mizar, Vega, Regulus All found in the eyepiece, not centered, but close.

  • Galaxy A71, private report

  • Xiaomi mi A1, private report.

    works great

  • Xiaomi Redmi note 8 pro, private report

    Hope from Jupiter to Saturn. Works Great.

  • Google Pixel 3A, Android 11, rlw1138 by CN

    10" f/5 Astro-Tech dob.

    I aligned on Arcturus, Vega, and Regulus a number of times and each time jumped to several of the brighter stars nearby. I even hopped directly from Vega to Regulus! Every time, the target was in the finder, and in the eyepiece (a 19mm 65 degree -> 1 degree FOV)

  • iPhone 8, by mkothe, CN

    I’m surprised it works so well!

  • iPhone, by james7ca, CN, by Guydive FAGN

    james7ca

    app seemed to work quite nicely... I aligned to a star the hops seemed to be mostly accurate to within about 0.5 degrees

    Guydive

    works very nicely, not bulls eye but close enough

  • iPhone Xs, by polmont, CN

    it worked flawlessly.

  • iPhone SE (2020), by redbaron12, CN

    Worked the area from Vega north to M101 Right to M3 down to M5 to Rasalgheti and over to the ring nebula. Also hit many targets inside that area.

    Every object was in the eyepiece, very close to center. Only did a handful of alignments and it worked perfectly.

  • iPhone 7plus, private report

    Mizrach to Andromeda - bulls eye

Didn't work

  • Galaxy S9, S7, by bthrel, CN

    Aligned on Sirius, tried to hop to Beta Orionis multiple times, never could seem to get close, Also tested a Galaxy S7 on the refractor, better than my S9, but still not very reliable.

  • By KT Gramps, CN:

    • Samsung S5 - Android 6
    • Motorola G6 - Android 9
    • One Plus 8 Pro - Android 11
    • Google Pixel 4a 5G - Android 11

    I've tried using Starhopper on 4 different Android phones all with the same result. Alitude is somewhat out and azimuth is way out. In fact the azimuth movement is telling me to go about 2x as far as it should.

  • Lumia 830, Windows Phone, robixxx1, Bugtracker:

    for example if I turn 90° to the right, on the display the azimuth change only 10°

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