Astrospheric v14.0.4
Daniel FiordalisAbout this app
Developer Description
Advanced Astronomy Forecasting for North American Astronomers
Features
• 84 hour, hour-by-hour forecast
• CMC astronomy data updated every 6 hours (no other service provides this data)
• Ensemble cloud forecast lets you quickly compare the major forecast models with hourly updates (Astrospheric Pro)
• Extended cloud forecast
• Kp index for Aurora viewing (and alerts with Pro)
• International Space Station (ISS) flyover paths and times
• Astrospheric is the only astronomy service that integrates the smoke forecast into the transparency report
• Sky data: cloud, sky transparency, seeing
• Ground data: wind, temperature, and humidity
• Precise rise and set times for both the sun and moon
• Get weather alerts when conditions meeting your requirements are met (Astrospheric Pro)
• Details Solar and Lunar eclipse data
Astronomical Societies
• Stay connected with chat, image sharing, and event planning with all of your members.
• Qualifying astronomical societies can get Pro features for all of their members
Site Mode
• Information necessary to quickly set up your GOTO tracking mount
• Available even if you don’t have a network connection
Astrospheric Professional is now available to enable Weather Alerts, Ensemble cloud forecast, and more!
• Astrospheric Professional is billed monthly or yearly and will auto-renew unless turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. The renewal cost will be the same as the initial sign-up cost of the subscription. Any changes in cost will be communicated before renewal takes place.
• Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the your Account Settings after purchase. A link to these settings is made available within Astrospheric "My Profile" for easy access.
• The terms of use and privacy policy may be found at https://www.astrospheric.com/privacypolicy.php, purchasing a subscription shows agreement to these terms.
PLEASE NOTE: Weather data is not available for Hawaii due to the domain area covered by the Canadian Meteorological Center. However, satellite and light pollution map layers, as well as other features will work in Hawaii. More information on Astrospheric's domain can be found here: https://www.astrospheric.com/dynamiccontent/datadomain.html
What's New
-Fix for hourly NBM cloud data on large map in the US and Canada
-Bug fixes and improved network performance.
In-app purchases
$0.99 - $29.99 per item
Version Information
- Version
- 14.0.4
- Downloads
- 50K+
- Updated on
- Dec 18, 2025
- Released
- Jul 1, 2017
- Requires
- Android 5.0
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Astrospheric - Google Play Rankings
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#31 in Top Grossing Weather in United States
#13 in Top Grossing Weather in Canada
Astrospheric users say on Google Play
Easy to use, intuitive, overall very useful. Not much to say but the fact it works. Sure you'll have the odd incorrect forecast but that's with anything involving weather. I use this exclusively to figure out when a good night may be to go and see some stars. Highly recommend for anyone looking to do the same.
From my experience, cloud cover forecasts are generally correct but are occasionally off by a few hours. In those instances, app will sometimes update the forecasts correctly in real time but at other times will continue to show me an incorrect real time forecast. Having said that, I haven't found anything more accurate. Wish the pro was a one-time fee rather than recurring sub.
It's ok. My biggest complaint is it's accuracy concerning cloud cover. There have been many times that I didn't bother setting up because the app said we would have heavy cloud cover. Look outside...not a cloud in the sky. Or it will go the other way. Supposed to be clear and we have clouds. I know weather guessing is a tricky business, but better accuracy would be nice.
Every ad (of which there are many) has a close button, which does not close the ad, but instead takes you to a page where you could "subscribe" to this service. Why anyone would be fool enough to subscribe to a UI populated with data the author is obtaining for free is beyond me. Shameless money grab there, which is a shame because the UI is nice. I would one time purchase it for a reasonable price, perhaps even the yearly price.
Installed to see app full of ads and neutered behind a subscription.... Uninstalled. I will happily do a one time purchase however, I will not rent software.