Polar Scope Align Pro — version history

• Redesigned Location Manager. • Redesigned settings screens for all tools, with integrated help. • Xasteria weather improvements: ◦ Redesigned Light Pollution tool with an interactive map using World Atlas 2015 or Xasteria/VIIRS data. Pan, zoom and tap any location for sky brightness and approximate Bortle estimates. Includes road and satellite backgrounds, adjustable opacity, night colours and an expandable information panel. ◦ Dedicated Light Pollution help explaining the data sources, SQM and the subjective nature of Bortle estimates. ◦ New Multi forecast combines 7Timer astronomy data with the optimal short-term forecast from MET.no or Apple Weather. Tap marked disagreements to compare the original data. ◦ New animated Cloud Map using EUMETSAT and NASA GIBS infrared imagery, with a time slider, playback controls and your location marked. ◦ New All Sky Map for Satellites shows the entire night on one chart, with satellite trajectories, a time slider and adjustable playback speed. ◦ Bright and Brightest satellite tabs merged into a single Satellites tab with an instant brightness filter. ◦ Faster satellite pass and sky-map calculations, with progress indication. ◦ New configurable Weather Multi widget with selectable fields, multiple display styles, day/night shading, Moon phase and source update details. ◦ Improved Weather Tonight widget with automatic source selection and a configurable extra row. ◦ Fixed NOAA and water-vapour links. • Optional one-time camera lens alignment to verify and correct the camera when performing azimuth calibration. • Improved iOptron WiFi direction pad, plus a new joystick available throughout the app for manual movement and synchronisation. • Improved DSO database listings, particularly chart and image loading. Long-press an object’s details to copy its data. • A vertical line on DSO database, Lunar Calendar and Weather charts now indicates the current time. • New coordinate units setting: DMS or decimal. • Added Sh2 designations to all Sharpless objects. • Layout fixes for large font settings. • Windowed mode fixes. A quick rating or review on the App Store is always appreciated. For suggestions or feedback: http://astro.ecuadors.net

• Xasteria astro weather: ◦ Solar Eclipse tool improvements, including past eclipses and audio cues in live mode. ◦ Experimental Camera tool in the Eclipse simulator for automated eclipse photoshoots: diamond ring, Baily's beads and bracketed totality exposures. ◦ New light pollution data option, extrapolated from the World Atlas using VIIRS 2025 satellite night-light radiance. ◦ Live map tracking of the ISS and satellites, pass simulation, and dedicated Tiangong and Hubble views. ◦ New Sunrise / Twilight setting for the weather tonight widgets. ◦ Weather tonight complication and widget for Apple Watch. • Daytime Alignment: crosshair / target can now be adjusted on the Camera Azimuth Calibration confirmation screen. • Sun Finder added: a Push To that guides you to the Sun (found in Daytime Alignment). • DSO Database: new Double / Multiple Stars category. • iOptron WiFi Connect: ◦ Support for all the newer mounts (HAE, HAZ, HEM and others), with switching between Equatorial and Alt-Az on mounts that support both. ◦ New Move & Sync Mount tool and Point GoTo tool, both with sky maps. ◦ Current Point Query updated with a sky map. ◦ Mount time and location set automatically. • Elevation can be entered for manual locations, and UTC is available as a time zone option. • UI improvements, most notably a clickable location dropdown and a new landscape setting on iPhone that lets most tools work in landscape. • Fixes, including the Hop To / Laser Align targeting display. Remember, the app never nags you with popups, so it gets very few ratings/reviews. Support it by rating it!

Version 7 brings improved daytime alignment and many more tools and features: • Camera Azimuth Calibration added for Daytime / No Polar Scope alignment, using the Sun, Moon, planets or bright stars for higher accuracy instead of relying on the compass. • Improved Daytime Alignment, Laser / Hop Align, and Push To compass/magnetometer handling. • Phone mounting orientation options added for alignment and Push To tools. • Sky maps added to Push To, Hop To, Laser / Hop Align, and Daytime Alignment. • DSO Database lists can be saved, edited by swiping, and printed. • Xasteria updates: Widgets available (weather, satellite pass and aurora), OpenWeather forecast, aurora forecast map, improved weather display with sun/moon altitude arcs, in-app satellite trajectories, and updated light pollution map. • Bubble Level adds incline/slope percentage mode and Camera Az calibration support. • Auto Night Mode added. • New onboarding screens and improved help, especially for daytime calibration. • Magnetic declination calculation restored. • Various small fixes, including settings screen and iOS 26 compatibility updates. Remember, the app never nags you with popups, so it gets very few ratings/reviews. Support it by rating it!

Please support the app by reviewing or rating! You will never get annoying popups asking you in the app. What's new: - Fixed DSS image downloads, backup server added. - Xasteria improvements including higher contrast main weather view. - Reduced app size.