Polar Scope Align Pro Watch

🇺🇸 United States
Dimitrios Kechagias  | 
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Jul 08, 2025
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$0.99 - 9.99

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Polar Scope Align Pro Watch
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Telescope alignment & tools
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Apart from the most reliable app for polar alignment (with or without a polar scope), PS Align pro has become the astronomer's swiss-army knife with all the tools added over the years. Remember, all features & updates are free forever, the only in-app purchases are donations (tip jar). Polar Scope Align will calculate the position of Polaris or σ Octantis in your Polar Scope reticle for your location (using your phone's GPS or manually), allowing a quick and accurate polar alignment. It is one of the few programs that are accurate in lower latitudes by correcting for atmospheric refraction (so expect results to agree only with precise software and not most simplistic "polar align" apps - see the "Accuracy" section in help for details). In the settings you can select the polar scope reticle that matches your own, from a vast collection: iOptron old & new, Astro-Physics RAPAS & PASILL, various versions of Takahashi EM-10/11/200/400/500, NJP, PM-1, P2-Z, the latest Orion / Skywatcher, the Classic Skywatcher / Orion / Celestron / Meade / EXOS2 / Bresser, the Telrad, Rigel QuikFinder, a couple for Astrotrac / Losmandy / Kenko / Avalon, the Vixen PF-L/Atlux/SX/SXD/SXP/AXD/GP/GP-DX/Polarie Polar Axis Scopes, a Konus and several Polar Finders: Tuthill, Explore Scientific 8x50, Meade 9x60, Vixen Polaris, Celestron 7x50, Carton Optical. PoleMaster help view for South Hemisphere users. The Pro Watch version has all the features of Polar Scope Align Pro, with the addition of an Apple Watch app featuring: -Graphic & Text display of polar alignment. -Weather view. -Bubble level. -Day alignment & push/hop-to assist. -Moon/Sun rise/set/twilight/phase. Feature list: -Accurate calculation of Polaris or Sigma Oct for any date and location, including effect of atmospheric refraction (and annual aberration, nutation). Most other apps do not perform precision calculations, so please only compare app readings to accurate sources (USNO etc). -Use device time/date/location, or enter your own, or pick from online & offline world databases via the Location Manager. -Approximate daytime / no polarscope polar alignment tool. Great for visual use, solar imaging (inc. eclipses) and even limited short focal length astrophotography. Now with sun shadow calibration for more accuracy! -Laser / Hop Align for nighttime alignment using a calibration star for obstructed or not visible polar star, or for improving laser align. -Full app in red-color (or alternative green, white) night mode - tools switchable to daytime view. -Deep Space Object (DSO) Database with 22000+ objects from several catalogs (Messier, Caldwell, NGC, IC, Herschell 400, Sharpless 2, Barnard), along with stars (Yale Bright Star) & planets. Search, apply filters, sorting, download DSS color images for all items, or get help finding them with your non-goto telescope with the Push-To function. -Connect to and control WiFi-enabled iOptron mounts. -Over 30 calculators useful for observing and astrophotography, from eyepiece magnification and field of view, to imaging res and reducers. -World astro-weather report based on multiple sources. -Solar Eclipse Calculator/Simulator. -Water vapor satellite images. -List of visible ISS and bright satellite passes. -Moon phase & lunar Calendar with solar/lunar rise/set and twilight times. -Wizard to calculate your reticle centering offset and correct or compensate for it. -Zoomable reticle view and customized routines & tools: Alt-az alignment error display for mounts that calculate it after alignment (e.g. iOptron iEQ45, CEM60), polar alignment when your scope is not in zero position (for mounts like iOptron CEM on which you can always access the polar scope), remember zero position on Celestron / Skywatcher / Orion etc reticles. -Bubble level (using either gyro or accelerometer) and Compass heading, as well as magnetic declination reading. -GPS accuracy & elevation data. -Red/White/LED light. -Dimming slider. -iOptron, NexStar, Meade LX200 Star Lists.}
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Some Latest Reviews

Smh grim
30 Aug, 2025
5
Best in class by a wide margin. I can’t think of anything to improve on it for the current updated version.
Icy397
01 Jun, 2024
5
Love all the features and after having this app for years I still keep discovering new things hidden inside it. Astronomer John Van Allen located Dominican Republic. Scopes TV60, TV85, TV NP127, Questar 3.5, Questar 7, Celestron 11. Losmondy G11 Mount at home, RST-135 Mount for traveling with Instro military tripod. Tatsuro Matsumoto right angle mirror system (EMS) in 2” format (after using this never went back to prisms). Eyepieces (divorce subject) hehehe
Martijn684
05 Jul, 2023
5
I wouldn't know how to get proper polar alignment without this. With this app it's just "monkey see monkey do"!
BeerboyUK
11 Mar, 2023
5
There’s a reason this app is on the first screen of my Astro folder on my iPhone and iPad. This is the perfect all-in-one app if you are into astrophotography. Polar alignment is easily doable with Polaris visible or not, even in the daytime with the daytime alignment feature and even has weather forecasting integrated. The DSO catalog with visibility information saves you going to another app. If you have an AppleWatch it can provide summarised information too.
Klaus Weiskopf
11 Mar, 2023
5
Astrophotographer’s Swiss Army Knife offers anything you’ll ever need. If it only could chase away clouds ;)
eres1
10 Mar, 2023
5
Einfach Klasse. Einnorden leichtgemacht und Sichtbedingungen aus mehreren Quellen in der App abrufbar. Für Himmelsfotografen definitiv ein Muss!
big-ma.c
04 Apr, 2021
5
very easy reference to polar-align your star tracker. looking and working good on iphone and ipad (mini). —————— einfaches tool um die nachfuehrung auf den polarstern auszurichten. sieht gut aus und funktioniert auf iphone und ipad (mini).
House055
04 Apr, 2021
5
This app is very useful. It’s frequently updated and improved upon. I use it regularly along with the Apple Watch app.
sburdon
04 Apr, 2021
5
I find this app great as part of my setup process. The day time polar alignment tool helps get things close so it doesn’t take long once it’s finally dark.

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Rating:
5
Voted: 143
App Store Link:
Price: 4.99 $
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Categories: Utilities
Size: 28MB
iAP: 0.99 - 9.99 $
App Age: 10 years 8 months
Release Date: Apr 23, 2015
Last Update: Jul 08, 2025
Version: 6.9
Version history
6.9
Jul 08, 2025
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.
6.8
Apr 16, 2024
Please support the app by reviewing or rating! You will never get annoying popups asking you in the app. What's new: - Added Alt-Az Field Rotation calculator. - Barlow/Reducer option added to 6 calculators (Eyepiece Magnification, Eyepiece Projection Focal Length, FoV for Imaging System, Actual Size of Lunar View, Eyepiece Field of View, Arcsec/px for Imaging System). - Updated Sat24 and Clear Sky Chart locations for Xasteria Weather.
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