Description
-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*.
- Alternatively, look around the sky using finger gestures – perfect for armchair astronomers!
- Supports dynamic device orientation viewing. Allows you to view the night sky whilst holding your Android device at any angle.
- Accurately depicts all the visible stars of the northern and southern hemispheres - a total of over 5000 stars!
- Displays all the planets of the solar system, plus the sun and the moon.
- Displays all 88 constellations, with constellation imagery based on the beautiful artwork by 15th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius.
- Includes entire Messier catalogue of exotic deep sky objects.
- Tap on anything in the sky and get the facts on what you are looking at, including distance and brightness.
- Very powerful zoom function, lets you view the sky in extra detail, using intuitive finger gestures.
- Fully configurable. Star Chart displays only the sky objects that you are interested in.
- 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!
- Manually set your location to find out what the sky looks like from anywhere in the world.
- Full search feature
- Installable on an SD card
So point your Android device at the sky and see what's out there!
------------
Escapist Games will update Star Chart regularly, so please send us your feedback and features requests to starchart@escapistgames.com … thanks!
*Augmented Reality mode only available if your device supports it, as this feature requires a built-in compass. Manual scrolling is supported on all other devices.
Follow Star Chart on Twitter: StarChartApp - twitter.com/StarChartApp
Star Chart does not require internet access for normal usage. Internet access is only required initially to verify the license and subsequently when accessing the support page and external links.
John
Apr 14, 2012 6:09:24 PM
Ok. Who would have thought a phone could be Such a teaching tool.
johnson
Apr 14, 2012 3:43:41 PM
Great app Have made a great date night with this app.
Nicko
Apr 13, 2012 7:35:36 AM
Nice It's cool I would pay for it
Apr 11, 2012 7:33:56 PM
PrincessJaibyrd I love the picture overlays, very artistic and fit the star charts. Finding the info about the rest of this galaxy is perfect.
Bob
Apr 11, 2012 1:33:01 AM
....Well Done.... Very Nice... Yep, I Like It
Johann
Apr 9, 2012 7:22:05 PM
Very good!! Easy to use and accurate! Samsung galaxy S II
Allan
Apr 9, 2012 9:00:05 AM
Why does it says that I should purchase the app Why does it says that I should purchase the app when in fact I have already purchased it? Do I need an Internet connection always? Other than that, the app is fine.
Internetpilot
Apr 8, 2012 4:47:48 PM
Horrible & Inaccurate ...on both my Acer A500 tablet and HTC EVO 4G phone. It just spins around in a circle inaccurately, never zeroing in on anything even though the GPS has a lock in all other apps. The rotation is messed up for both of my devices so the menu shows up upside down or sideways and it doesn't correct it when I rotate the device. The constellation images show up at random and in the wrong place/direction, even when you have specifically searched for a certain constellation. Turning off the images makes this app an inaccurate version of Google Sky Map (which by the way works flawlessly on both of my devices). I'm glad I bought this during the 10-cent promotion, but even so I find myself wanting my dime back just for the principle of it. This should not be a pay app when the free Google Sky Map works soooooooo much better. Instead of spending an evening star-gazing with the family, I got nothing but frustration and dizzy. Back to Google Sky Map I go!
Ak
Apr 8, 2012 1:38:22 PM
Superb Great app, love it!
Pauline
Apr 7, 2012 2:32:26 AM
Star chart Great stuff