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Planisphere Sky Widget on Windows Pc

Developed By: Alex Koukarine

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.0
Size	1.5 MB
Release Date	May 16, 17
Category	Personalization Apps
What's New: Minor improvements. [see more]
Description from Developer: The round shaped sizable and highly configurable starry sky view (known as the Planisphere) widget will help to personalize your home screen providing the infinite number of combin... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Planisphere Sky Widget and install on Windows PC. Planisphere Sky Widget is free Personalization app, developed by Alex Koukarine. Latest version of Planisphere Sky Widget is 1.0, was released on 2017-05-16 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50. Overall rating of Planisphere Sky Widget is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Planisphere Sky Widget on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Planisphere Sky Widget on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Planisphere Sky Widget 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 Planisphere Sky Widget 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 "Planisphere Sky Widget" 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 Planisphere Sky Widget 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 "Planisphere Sky Widget" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.0.

Download Planisphere Sky Widget 1.0 on Windows PC – 1.5 MB

The round shaped sizable and highly configurable starry sky view (known as the Planisphere) widget will help to personalize your home screen providing the infinite number of combinations of colors and decorative features. You can match your home screen theme, other widgets look, as well as the informational content precisely to your liking. On the first screenshot, you can see my home screen with 5 matching widgets cluster. If you are missing something in this widget - just ask me and I implement that in the next version!

Almost every aspect of the widget can be configured using the accompanying configuration app. That includes all of the colors, sizes of elements, automatic behavior, and response to the touch. See the configuration screen of the widget with an example of totally mystic-looking inverted colors configuration just before the last screenshot above. Your imagination is the only limit!

The widget shows the real sky's celestial bodies' configuration at the given time for your geographic location or for the location you have set manually. It's useful for checking what's visible in the sky at the moment or tonight, for quick figuring out if the bright star you see is a planet, to see where to look for the Milky Way in the sky, to get familiar with constellations' lines, and so on...

Within the widget you can see:
- The Sun.
- The Moon and its phases.
- All 9 planets (Pluto can be included).
- Bright stars visible with naked eyes.
- Common constellations lines.
- Coordinates grid with the celestial equator and zero meridian emphasized.
- And finally, the Milki Way in true shades, including fuzzy objects scattered around it, which you can only see from a really dark place, like a remote campground.

The widget is very lightweight on the phone resources, the image of the chart is updated hourly, the geographic location is checked every other day. No information obtained by the app is ever leaving your device.

Missing some must-have feature or a settings option? Just ask me and I will deliver!

PS: I've made it for myself a while ago, as I love informative widgets on my screen and also had envied the Android watch, which has such a planisphere clock face available. There is nothing like this widget is available in the Google Play Store so far. Now I decided to share it with you too!
Enjoy!

Minor improvements.