Name: AstroMaster / Astro Master
Rating: 4.7 (801 reviews)
Author: Roboleo-Apps

Astromaster is a stylish and advanced analog watch face. 3D lighting effects, hands casting mutual shadows lead to a stunning, almost natural appearance. Astromaster displays additional information on sun and moon. As a dedicated deep sky observer or night-time photographer, you can plan your next session according to astronomical darkness and absence of the moon.

This app is based on our new Gen2 watch face engine, which guarantees fast rendering, energy efficiency and features a visual settings editor, that makes choosing your favorite content easy and fun.


*Usage*

The outer, colored arc is the sun-arc. It displays the time, that the sun is above the horizon (yellow), sunrise/sunset, civil dusk/dawn (orange), nautical dusk/dawn (red) and astronomical dusk/dawn (blue) on a 24 hour scale. Inside the sun-arc, the moon-arc is drawn. Light-gray indicates the times when the moon is above the horizon. The small rectangles on these arcs indicate the culmination of sun / moon.

The additional 24-hour hand (red color) indicates the current time on the arcs for sun and moon.

Press and hold the touch screen over a complication will open the related widget for further information, if available. This applies to the status bar complications, too. Press and hold the touch screen over the center will park the main hands for a few seconds at the 12 position.


*Customization*

You can customize the watch face by the standard Garmin way: From the watch face, hold "Up/Menu". Select "Watch Face". Press "Start/Stop", then select an option to customize. Select "Apply" to save changes. For watches with less than 5 buttons (Venu, Approach, ...), please see the user manual of your watch, section "Editing a Watch Face".

DATA: Choosing the „Data“ menu entry opens our new visual settings editor. All elements on the screen, that can be modified („slots“), are outlined by rounded rectangles. The currently active slot is colored in green. You can cycle through the different slots by pressing the UP / DOWN buttons on your watch and select it by pressing „START“. Or just use the touchscreen to choose one. For each slot a circular complication picker is presented. You can navigate the available data again by UP / DOWN or touchscreen. It is important to confirm your choice by pressing START. Depending on the slot, the available complications differ. There is always an „Empty“ complication available to switch off an element.

The „Current Weather“ complication shows a weather symbol, temperature and wind bearing. The wind bearing marker can be color coded to the current wind speed: Beaufort 0-1 grey / 2 blue / 3 green / 4 orange / 5-12 red. 

HIGH POWER THEME: You have the choice of 8 themes.

LOW POWER THEME: Our app features three different „Always On Display“ (AOD) modes: Two, which show full details of the complications (in two brightness levels) and another one with reduced details. Please be aware that the amount of detail and brightness in AOD mode has a major impact on battery life. Expect 25% shorter battery life with full details / high brightness compared to reduced details.

MISC: More options.

MORE APPS: Have a quick preview of some of our other highly rated apps. Some (not all!) of the available themes are shown. Use UP / DOWN buttons or touchscreen to see the next app. When pressing the START button or touching the link symbol, a QR-code is displayed. Please scan with your smartphone's camera to get to the app on Garmin's IQ-Store for further details.

OTHER: Restore to factory defaults.

For users of CGM systems we provide a complication to display the current blood glucose. Install our free widget "CGM Gauge Widget" and configure it as described. The CGM-option will only show up in the menu after installation of the additional widget.


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