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Favorites & Lists

The favorites view provides quick access to all objects you have saved with the heart icon, and lets you organize objects into lists.

Saving Objects as Favorites

  • In the catalog: Tap the heart icon next to an object
  • In the detail view: Tap the heart in the upper right
  • By swiping: In some lists you can swipe left to manage favorites

Favorites View

Open Favorites via Menu → “Favorites”. The view has two tabs:

Tab: My Lists

Organize your observation objects into named collections:

  • Create list: Tap “+”, enter a name
  • Add objects: Open a list and tap “+” to add objects from the catalog
  • Open list: Tap a list to see its objects
  • Set objects as target: Tap an object in the list to open the detail view
  • Catalog membership: In the detail view you see catalog badges (e.g. “M31”, “C1”). Tap to see all objects of the same catalog

Tab: Favorites

The list shows all saved objects with the same information as in the catalog (name, position, brightness, distance). Filter tabs help with filtering:

TabShows
AllAll favorites
PlanetsSaved planets
DSOSaved deep-sky objects
ConstellationsSaved constellations

Actions

  • Tap a planet → Sets it directly as target
  • Tap a DSO → Opens the detail view
  • Tap a constellation → Opens the constellation view
  • Swipe left → Removes the favorite

Calibration Star Favorites

Calibration stars have their own favorites system (★ symbol). These appear in the “Favorites” section of the calibration view for quick access when calibrating.