Poppot or
SkySafari?
Start by learning your way around the sky.
Poppot and SkySafari both let you explore the sky in real time. SkySafari also serves observers with astronomical equipment. Poppot focuses on learning to recognize constellations without the app or a telescope.
Start learning freeWhat changes when you learn with Poppot.
| Your experience | poppot | SkySafari |
|---|---|---|
| Learn & practise | ||
| Your learning approach | A guided course, one constellation at a time | Explore according to your observing goals |
| What you do | Reconstruct shapes and find them without lines | Find objects and build observing lists |
| Finding your way | Learn to move from one star landmark to the next | Point your phone to identify the objects |
| What you discover | Mythology and astronomy woven into the lessons | Object facts and astronomy concepts |
| Explore the sky | ||
| Explore the sky in real time | ✓ | ✓ |
| Follow your phone’s direction | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change the date and time | ✓ | ✓ |
Why learn with Poppot?
SkySafari helps you organize observations with its catalogs and observing lists. Choose Poppot if your next step is learning the constellations: follow a course and practise finding shapes in the sky, without needing astronomical equipment.
Reconstruct the shapes.
Select the stars yourself to rebuild each constellation. You practise remembering its shape, not just reading its name.
Find your way through the sky.
Follow Orion’s Belt towards Sirius, then find Canis Major. You learn to move from one landmark to the next, among the surrounding stars.
Remember what you learnt.
Your results guide spaced reviews. You revisit the constellations over time, with mythology and astronomy giving the shapes meaning.
Before, you see stars.
After, you recognize constellations.
The sky hasn’t changed. The way you see it has. Learn to recognize Orion, Taurus, Gemini and Canis Major with Poppot, so you can find them again without your phone.
