See the night sky for your location and have fun playing with the constellations
Have you ever had an interest in Astronomy but never had the time to learn the night sky before? In that case, this might be the perfect app for you.
It includes:
✔ A planisphere that shows you the night sky for any location, date or time.
✔ A perspective view that shows you the night sky in any direction.
✔ Easily see how the sky changes for different times, dates, locations or directions.
✔ Works with your GPS and compass to show you the constellations in front of you.
✔ Allows you to override the sensors to take control over what you see.
✔ Has a dictionary of the constellations that lets you dig deeper to see the artwork and mythology surrounding some of them.
✔ Includes games that helps you learn and remember the constellations and where they live in the sky.
✔ Even has a miniature guide that gives some pointers on learning your way around the night sky.
Not just that however...
✔ It's free.
✔ It works entirely off-line - no Internet permission needed here!
✔ It needs virtually no permissions at all - only interested in the permission to get your location to give the right map.
✔ It's tiny - less than a 2MB download so far.
Please email us with any comments/suggestions that you have (preferably before giving it a 1-star rating). There are some features that are in development like the position of the planets and the ecliptic. These are on their way. If there is a feature that you would like or something that could be better - please let us know.
Also - please take a look at our website that has a video clip showing some of the features of the app.
Some material used in the app is copyrighted © STScI. This is used with their kind permission. Please take a look at their website at - hubblesite.org.
Keywords: Astronomy, Skymap, Planisphere, Constellations
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