GoSkyWatch Planetarium
Description
What makes GoSkyWatch different to other apps?
- Easy to use — No buttons to press or modes to select, just point to the sky to start exploring.
- Designed specially for efficient outdoor use.
- Touch free identification — Information pops up on screen as you move. Great for those cold nights with gloves on!
- Popup images — No need to keep zooming in and out just to see what is out there.
- Full 180 degree display — See at a glance what is in the sky and where without having to pan around.
- Don’t need to hold level — Displays the sky view and information at the correct orientation when held at any angle not just landscape or portrait.
- Gyroscope compass auto calibration — No need to calibrate the gyroscope. Advanced adaptive algorithms for smooth and accurate positioning.
- Planets shown with relative brightness to stars — No oversized graphics that prevent you from distinguishing a planet from surrounding stars.
- Unique target identification — Touch drag scheme for greatest accuracy since your finger doesn’t hide what you are trying to identify.
- Minimal on screen text — Stars and planets easier to identify since they are not covered by text.
Features:
Identify
- On screen object name, brightness and distance
- Contains all stars visible to the naked eye
- Light adjustment for viewing conditions
- Red light mode for night vision
- Touchless navigation even for the iPod touch without a compass.
Find
- Looking for a planet, star, constellation or galaxy? Just use the finder and let the arrow guide the way
- Search stars and DSOs sorted by name, distance or magnitude
- Moon phase calendar
- Sun rise/set times
Explore
- Day, sidereal and time lapse animation
- Over 200 images of planets and deep sky objects
- Messier and Caldwell catalogs with images
- Actual image taken of the Milky Way
- Below horizon display
- Look back in time with the birthday star search. Find out how old you were for the star light seen.
Learn
- Constellation images, boundaries and patterns
- Solar system, star, DSO, constellation Wikipedia
- Ian Ridpath’s constellation StarTales
- Interactive graphical ephemeris
- Planet, star, constellation and DSO ephemeris data
More
- High performance graphics
- Easy setup using auto location or built in city list
- Location favorites
* No internet connection required. Internet optionally used for auto location, viewing Wikipedia information and StarTales.
Pricing
Plan | Price | Details |
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GoSkyWatch Planetarium for iPad - the astronomy star guide | Free | This app is designed for iPad. |
GoSkyWatch Planetarium - the astronomy star guide | $3.99 | This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad. |
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