The world wide best selling smart phone astronomy app Star
Chart.
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You can now have a virtual planetarium in your pocket! Look through the eyes of your Android device* to see a virtual window into the whole visible universe.
You can now have a virtual planetarium in your pocket! Look through the eyes of your Android device* to see a virtual window into the whole visible universe.
All
you have to do is point your Android device* at the sky and Star Chart will
tell you exactly what you are looking at.
Using
state of the art GPS technology, an accurate 3D universe, and all of the latest
high tech functionality, Star Chart calculates – in real time - the current
location of every star and planet visible from Earth and shows you precisely
where they are; even in broad daylight!
Want
to know what that bright star is called? Point your device at it – you might
just find out it’s a planet!
Want
to know what the night sky looks like to people on the other side of the earth?
Well just point your device down!
Want
to know where your star sign is in the sky? Star Chart will tell you all this
and more.
Star Charts features include:
- Just point and view. No need to scroll around the screen to find out what you are looking at*.
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Alternatively, look around the sky using finger gestures – perfect for armchair
astronomers!
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Supports dynamic device orientation viewing. Allows you to view the night sky
whilst holding your Android device at any angle.
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Accurately depicts all the visible stars of the northern and southern
hemispheres - a total of over 5000 stars!
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Displays all the planets of the solar system, plus the sun and the moon.
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Displays all 88 constellations, with constellation imagery based on the
beautiful artwork by 15th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius.
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Includes entire Messier catalogue of exotic deep sky objects.
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Tap on anything in the sky and get the facts on what you are looking at,
including distance and brightness.
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Very powerful zoom function, lets you view the sky in extra detail, using
intuitive finger gestures.
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Fully configurable. Star Chart displays only the sky objects that you are
interested in.
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Allows you to view the sky underneath the horizon (unlike other more expensive
applications). So now you can see where the sun is, even at night!
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Manually set your location to find out what the sky looks like from anywhere in
the world.
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Full search feature
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Installable on an SD card
So
point your Android device at the sky and see what's out there!
