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NGC Miner app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 8736 ratings )
Utilities Reference Education
Developer: Pindussoft
6.99 USD
Current version: 1.1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 09 Dec 2015
App size: 18.91 Mb

NGC Miner is an innovative way to explore the NGC & IC catalogues.


* Extraction of information that meets specific criteria.

* Data and photos of deep sky objects only a few taps away.

* Observing notes by acclaimed observer Steve Gottlieb.

(Entire NGC and 870 IC object descriptions)

* Explore real sky with pan & zoom and automatically identify objects.

* Beautiful & intuitive user interface.

* Quick planning of observing sessions.

* Smart data log.

* Aimed for amateur and professional astronomers.


- Filtering based on:

* Object class, such as galaxies, nebulae etc.
* Object subclass, such as E5, Sc galaxies etc.
* R.A & Declination
* Constellation
* Magnitude
* Surface Brightness
* Dimensions
* Distance
* Position Angle
* Common Name


- Other features:

* Fast retrieval of object thumbnails.
* Night Mode.
* Interactive FOV window.
* NASA SkyView or SDSS photos.
* Rise/Transit/Set times.
* Altitude/Azimuth graph.
* Map for selecting observatory location.
* Messier catalog.


Visit http://pindussoft.com/ngcminer/ for more information and video tutorials.


Happy NGC Mining!