The live sky, over your camera
Aim at the sky in FotoNoa
You lift your phone and see where everything is, day or night, drawn over what you're looking at. It's how you frame in the afternoon what you'll be photographing before dawn.
What it has
- Planets and constellations over the real landscape
- The arc of the Milky Way and its core drawn across the sky
- In Basic, no degrees and «Line up with the Moon» in one tap
- In Advanced, nebulae, galaxies and the satellites passing overhead
How to use Aim at the sky
It's the same help you get inside the app. In case you want to read it before downloading, or out in the field with barely any signal.
1Give it camera permission
It asks the first time. If it's off, the screen says so, with a button that takes you straight to your phone's settings.
2Line up the drawing
Your phone's compass is off by a few degrees. In Basic, with the real Moon or Sun in the middle circle, tap «Line up with the Moon» and the drawing slides right onto it. In Advanced, the wrench lets you center anything you recognize —the Moon, the Sun, Venus— and tap its name.
3Search for something
The search box takes you to any object in the catalog. If it's below the horizon, it tells you what time it rises.
4«When does it pass here?»
Aim at a point in the landscape and tap the object. It tells you what day and what time it will pass right through there.
5Night mode
Turns everything red so you keep your night vision. The Night button switches it on.
6Rehearse your plan
From «Your plan», «Aim» opens the viewer standing at your shooting spot, at the plan's time. The arrow leads you to the Sun or Moon, and your target is marked in gold so you can watch it pass behind.
7Take the photo to share
The camera button merges what the lens sees with the drawn sky. You get a single image, ready to send.