I’ve muddled through pretty decently anyhow but there’s one I’ve consumed a lot of time on and still haven’t been able to get Stellarium to identify it (i.e., haven’t been able to be sure that what I’m looking at in the zoomed-in telescope view is Star X as readily identified from a photograph, due to not being able to zoom in in gradual stages so I can see WTF I’m going). It does not, however, seem to maintain the same directional orientation (and hence the sense of whether the star you’re looking for is to the left and slightly down or off in some other direction). Instead there are a plethora of telescope-mimics that replace this entire view with how you’d see it if you had that particular telescope. There is no obvious magnifying glass tool, which is what I really want at that point. The best alternative is Celestia, which is both free and Open Source. The pencil costs nearly half of what the official Apple Pencil 2 costs and you get almost all the features which is great. Logitech Crayon Digital Pencil is one of the best Apple Pencil 2 alternatives and its also compatible with the new iPad Air (4th Gen). It shows me a view zoomed way out with only the brighter stars showing (plus the one I specified, with an identifiying circle around it). There are more than 50 alternatives to Stellarium for a variety of platforms, including Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac. List of Top Apple Pencil 2 Alternatives for iPad Air 4 1. I specify a known star that’s near to one I need a name for. Someone recommended Stellarium and I’ve been using it. I needed a map or software to identify individual stars.
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