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DSS Explorer on Windows Pc

Developed By: Jeta Visual Creations

License: Free

Rating: 3,0/5 - 5 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1
Size	1.2 MB
Release Date	June 27, 13
Category	Books & Reference Apps
What's New: - Keyboard now closes when 'Go' button is clicked.- Fixed bug where keyboard showed 'Next' button instead of 'Done' button.- Object... [see more]
Description from Developer: DSS Explorer for Android is an app that allows you to search for astronomical objects using the SIMBAD and NED online databases. When an object is found, DSS Explorer will download... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download DSS Explorer and install on Windows PC. DSS Explorer is free Books & Reference app, developed by Jeta Visual Creations. Latest version of DSS Explorer is 1, was released on 2013-06-27 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of DSS Explorer is 3,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 5 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install DSS Explorer on Windows?

Instruction on how to install DSS Explorer on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

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

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.

Download DSS Explorer 1 on Windows PC – 1.2 MB

DSS Explorer for Android is an app that allows you to search for astronomical objects using the SIMBAD and NED online databases. When an object is found, DSS Explorer will download a hi-res image of the object and display it. You can then zoom and pan the image by pinching and swiping. Objects can be 'saved' as favorites and revisited at a later time. The image of a favorite is cached, so that you don't have to download the image in the future.

DSS Explorer features (pretty accurate) astrometry functionality, just tap an object in the image to have it resolved by NED or SIMBAD. This feature opens up a whole new way of exploring the night sky! Just look up some well known objects and start tapping any other interesting feature you see in the image! If you make a favorite of an object, you can even run a Google search query on the object to find more information about it on the web.

Apart from being fun, DSS Explorer is also a very easy to use scientific tool to aqcuire detailed information about astronomical objects, down to spectral type, red shift, parallax and radial velocity, to name a few...

Any favorite you create can be shared through e-mail, social media or cloud services, including the hi-res image of the object.

DSS Explorer works together with SkEye (a seperate app, also found in Google Play), so you can actually use your Android device to find the displayed object in the sky!

To make DSS Explorer even more usefull for amateur and professional astronomers alike, it features a way to show the FOV rectangle of your astrofotography setup on the image. That way you'll know exactly how much of the image fits in your camera's field of view. There are no limits to this feature, it works for amateur setups as well as full blown observatories.

Start exploring, today!

Please note!
A couple of people have asked me to make this app available for smaller screen sizes, since it is actually aimed towards tablets. So I did, now you can try and use DSS Explorer on your device, but I do not guarantee that the app will be usable. So if you buy this app for use on a smaller screen, you do so at your own risk. You have a 15 minute refund periode in Google Play, please use it if the app turns out to be unusable on your device.

- Keyboard now closes when 'Go' button is clicked.
- Fixed bug where keyboard showed 'Next' button instead of 'Done' button.
- Object sharing text now uses random words for object 'awesomeness' :)

Previous changes:
- Added an option to sort the favorites on creation date or object name. Sorting can be changed through the settings.
- Fixed some minor UI issues.
- Optimized battery usage.