Light Pollution Map allows you to easily locate dark sky locations where the sky will not be affected by light pollution, allowing the best observance, star gazing, and photography of the night sky! But it's not just a light pollution map. There's so much more, such as aurora borealis live viewing map, meteor shower alerts, super moon alerts, lunar eclipse alerts, moon phases and info, aurora and magnetic field information, international space station tracker, and a lot more! Light Pollution Map will help you master the night sky..
List of all features:
• Highly accurate, customizable and interactive light pollution map to find dark sky viewing locations near you.
• See live aurora borealis information such as KP value, magnetic field information, and more for the hardcore aurora chaser.
• Live aurora borealis visibility map for northern and southern hemisphere, with additional timelapse options.
• Aurora information widgets (today widget).
• ISS Tracker with live updates about the international space station including the location, visibility, velocity, altitude, and more.
• Night sky event calendar allows you to find dates for lunar eclipses, super moons, and meteor showers.
• Live images of the Sun via NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
• Darkness countdown timer until the darkest period of night so you know when the night sky will be the darkest. Also let you know when it starts getting light outside.
• Astronomy photo of the day directly from NASA! A new one every day to look at!
• Local temperature indicator to know if you need to bring a sweater before you even step outside.
• Local cloud coverage indicator to know if you will be able to see anything before you step outside.
• Cloud cover overlay on the main map to find clear sky locations at night.
• Settings to customize the app.
• Moon information such as moon phase, moon rise, and moon set times, days of next full moon and new moon, etc.
• Moon direction tool which allows you to find where the moon will be, at any time, any date, for any location.
• Enable a horizon safe radius circle to avoid light pollution from nearby cities on the map.
• Local Aurora Borealis (Northern/Southern Lights) alerts and push notifications.
• Global Aurora Borealis Activity alerts and push notifications.
• Meteor shower alerts and push notifications.
• Super moon alerts and push notifications.
• Lunar eclipse alerts and push notifications.
• Save and load your favorite dark sky locations.
• Navigate to your saved locations using the Apple Maps app.
Some features above require an optional in-app purchase to upgrade to the pro version. Every purchase helps us to continue running and developing the app and is much appreciated.
Note: Light Pollution Map loads data online. Internet connection or wifi is required, and we are not responsible for any data usage chargers from your provider.
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$9.99
Pro Version Upgrade Discounted
$8.99
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User Rating
3.41 out of 5
941 ratings
in United States
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Reviews
App crashes all the time
The location in setting have to be turned off for the app to work. I send a request for help and got no response. Turning location off came from google. The cloud cover is an add on it work for a short time and now it has quit working. I wanted app to work but I was disappointed.
Not impressed
Just paid $9.99 for the”upgraded” version.
It opens up in the global view, immediately tries to go to the local view and shuts down. Every time. Rendering it useless.
Waste of money.
Doesn’t work
The app loads fine, but when I try to open the map it crashes and the app closes, all the other tabs work.
Seems like a good idea, if only it worked.
Using an IPhone 12 with IOS Version 17.5.1
Back to Useable!
I was getting ready to delete this app when I decided to look it up and see if there were any updates pending. The app hasn’t worked for me for quite some time and I was tired of it taking up space. When it worked it was an invaluable tool for night time/astrophotography by offering a light pollution map that showed you LP conditions based on your location. But with functionality lost, it’s a waste. THEN I came across a review that suggested a “fix” to keep the app from crashing.
IT WORKED! I just set Location Access Permissions to “Never” and I can use the LPM portion of the app again! The only problem with this fix is that you have to manually find where you are and pin your location. This doesn’t seem too complicated unless you’re somewhere you’ve never been before.
This app hasn’t been updated in a long time and I fear it’s going to go the way of so many other good apps and be lost without intervention, optimization and fixes. I hope it does get fixed! I love this app!
Crashes
Can never pull up the light Pollution Map as soon as it gets my location the app crashes and closes up used to be good but now it doesn't work
Crashes. No updates.
Last update four years ago. Completely broken and the developers have taken the money and run. Bummer. This used to be a good tool.
Cannot access light pollution map
I just downloaded this app despite reading its lackluster reviews. And now I am experiencing what the naysayers wrote: the app crashes when trying to access the light pollution map. After uninstalling it then reinstalling, it isn’t any better. At least I didn’t pay for the app.
Crashes on Current Apple OS
Won’t load guys, like the App & run on a Droid but now won’t run on IPhone.
Help us out & get it fixed..
Thanks
iOS 17 killed this app
Was a five star app, but I don’t think the developer has kept up with updates. App open, but when you go to the map it crashes.
Crashes immediately when Light Pollutionis chosen.
Title says it all. Doesn’t look like it has been updated in years. DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!