Starsense App, looks interesting

[Stu]

This App was just flagged up to me which looks interesting. Have downloaded it and will give it a try.

Anyone used it yet?

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/01/ces-2020-facial-recognition-for-stars-lets-this-telescope-automatically-find-objects-in-the-night-sky/

[AngryDonkey]

No sure where 'facial recognition' comes into it.... 🤣

[saac]

34 minutes ago, AngryDonkey said:

No sure where 'facial recognition' comes into it.... 🤣

When you take it out and setup it sees that you are happy and issues a sarcastic  "you must be optimistic"   It then waits and again looks at the expression on your face when you see it clouding over and then auto powers down. 

Jim 

[saac]

48 minutes ago, Stu said:

This App was just flagged up to me which looks interesting. Have downloaded it and will give it a try.

Anyone used it yet?

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/01/ces-2020-facial-recognition-for-stars-lets-this-telescope-automatically-find-objects-in-the-night-sky/

Looks interesting and might be something I would consider for use on the school's big Dobsonian; be interested in any follow up report Stu once you give it  a shake down.

Jim 

Edited January 7, 2020 by saac

[Stu]

7 minutes ago, saac said:

Looks interesting and might be something I would consider for use on the school's big Dobsonian; be interested in any follow up report Stu once you give it  a shake down.

Jim 

Will do Jim. I doubt it would be something I use much but may be handy for new starters with manual scopes.

[cv01jw]

Do you not need one of the Celestron scopes to go with it?

[Stu]

1 hour ago, cv01jw said:

Do you not need one of the Celestron scopes to go with it?

Yes! I only just found this out which is annoying. You need an unlock code which comes with the scope

Stand down! Nothing to see here, unless of course you have the Celestron scope required to give you a code!

[saac]

Well that is unfortunate and a somewhat shortsighted by Celestron I would have thought ! I guess other so called "push to " apps are available, doesn't SkySafari do something like that ?

 

Edited,  - just read that the Celestron app uses a form of plate solving using a stored database the other push to apps I was thinking about I believe just point to a locations using GPS reference and are reliant on an initial alignment. 

Jim 

Edited January 7, 2020 by saac

[Stu]

52 minutes ago, saac said:

Edited,  - just read that the Celestron app uses a form of plate solving using a stored database the other push to apps I was thinking about I believe just point to a locations using GPS reference and are reliant on an initial alignment. 

Jim 

Yes Jim, it was the plate solving part that seemed to be quite a step forward. I wonder if Skysafari might add the functionality at some point.