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Sun Viewer 2 on Windows Pc

Developed By: Pawel Pleskaczynski

License: Free

Rating: 4,4/5 - 23 votes

Last Updated: December 25, 2023

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.6.6
Size	2.6 MB
Release Date	March 29, 18
Category	Education Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (3)]
What's New: Fixed some bugs, more bug fixes coming in the next update [see more]
Description from Developer: Watch beautiful solar images straight from NASA! Get latest data about solar activity, like probability of viewing the aurora. Quickly view the latest image of our Sun to check whe... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Sun Viewer 2 and install on Windows PC. Sun Viewer 2 is free Education app, developed by Pawel Pleskaczynski. Latest version of Sun Viewer 2 is 1.6.6, was released on 2018-03-29 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of Sun Viewer 2 is 4,4. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 23 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 16 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Sun Viewer 2 on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Sun Viewer 2 on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Sun Viewer 2 on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Sun Viewer 2 using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Sun Viewer 2" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Sun Viewer 2 on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Sun Viewer 2" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.6.6.

Download Sun Viewer 2 1.6.6 on Windows PC – 2.6 MB

Watch beautiful solar images straight from NASA! Get latest data about solar activity, like probability of viewing the aurora. Quickly view the latest image of our Sun to check whether there are any interesting solar regions.

Attention - none of the pictures that are displayed by my application are mine! All the images/data are imaged/gathered by NASA (SDO and SOHO science teams), GONG (NSO) and NOAA.

Full changelog:

1.6.6
Fixed some bugs.
Date of the update: 29.03.2018

1.6.4
Fixed messages in Space Weather.
Date of the update: 04.03.2018

1.6.4
Added information about some solar structures (you can open it with question mark icon on the toolbar)
Date of the update: 04.03.2018

1.6.2
Design changes.
Date of the update: 27.02.2018

1.6.2
Fixed few bugs and removed a lot of redundant code.
Date of the update: 19.02.2018

1.6.1
Fixed a bug.
Date of the update: 13.01.2018

1.6
New image previews.
You can download the images.
Date of the update: 04.01.2018

1.5.1
Fixed one small bug with Space Weather app shortcut.
Date of the update: 22.12.2017

1.5
Improved application, fixed bugs.
Date of the update: 21.12.2017

1.4
Added App Shortcut for quick access to Space Weather (Android 7.0+)
Date of the update: 20.12.2017

1.3
Fixed issue with loading images on older devices, small design changes.
Date of the update: 29.11.2017

1.2
Changed icon, improved layouts
Date of the update: 25.11.2017

1.1
Small bugfix
Date of the update: 24.11.2017

1.0
First release based on older (buggy) Sun Viewer application.
Date of the update: 24.11.2017

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Fixed some bugs, more bug fixes coming in the next update

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.