Easily and quickly identify and locate stars, planets, comets, constellations, galaxies, and more by simply pointing to the sky. Your telescope to the wonders in the night sky. Go outside and explore with GoSkyWatch Planetarium.
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— What People Are Saying
“Powerful and easy to use, with excellent animation and the widest zoom range.” — D.Schroeder, University professor
“GoSkyWatch Planetarium should not be missed regardless of whether you are a casual or hard-core fan of astronomy.” — AppAdvice
“I have more than 10 astronomy apps on my iPhone and this is by far the best. Everything I need and easy to use.” — Pat, iTunes reviewer
— What makes GoSkyWatch different from 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 the 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 are 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 are 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, comet, 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 starlight seen.
Learn
• Constellation images, boundaries and patterns
• Solar system, star, comet, 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 is required. Internet is optionally used for auto location, viewing Wikipedia information, and StarTales.
Many more enhancements are to come as free updates.
* See the website for a video demo
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