Vortex Planetarium - The only pocket planetarium you will need. The most comprehensive, fully featured Android planetarium on the market in your hands. Over 9000 stars fill the night sky in stunning detail. Hold a window to the skies where you can zoom, touch and discover the stars, galaxies, nebula, planets and constellations. Discover what the sky looked like on your birthday, plan an evenings viewing or hold your device to the sky and see in real time what is up there (or point it down to see what the other side of the world sees!). Features: View the skies at any place in the world, at any point in time. Touch almost 10000 objects including the stars, planets, moons, Messier & Caldwell objects and constellations to find out detailed information, facts & figures. See the current phase of the moon. Over 210 deep sky objects to discover, Messier & Caldwell NGC (Subset of full NGC catalog) catalogs are included. Discover the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, zoom in on Jupiter and use the Time Slider to watch its moons orbit around it! Watch meteor showers streak across the sky! As with all other objects, meteor showers can be selected, are fully searchable and information available. Details history and information on all Planets, Moons, Messier objects and constellations with link to Wikipedia for full article. Full 360 degree zoomable environment. Use your fingers or point it at the skies! Intuitive pinch-zoom feature Hold your device to the sky with your own personal telescope in the palm of your hands. (your device must have a compass) Over 9000 stars to discover, along with all Western constellations, Messier & Caldwell objects and planets (including Pluto!), the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, not forgetting the Sun and the Moon. See what you want to see, Not interested in a particular class of object, Remove it! This includes planets, Messier objects, constellations, constellation boundaries, ecliptic and much more. Fully searchable and object information such as rise, set & transit times for ALL sky objects, true apparent magnitude, phase, apparent diameter and observability for planets and other detailed information available. Quick time change in information dialog for quick rise/set/alt/az reference. Ability to view the sky at a desired time or view in realtime. You can even rewind and fast forward time with the time slider! Catch a ride on the back of a planet or just watch the sky go by. Vortex updates in real time. Day/Night cycles. Night mode available to preserve your vision. Telrad reticule available Match what you see above you with the Naked Eye Visibility Slider. Ability to set a specific location or use your Network Provider or GPS. If you have Network Provider or GPS enabled your location will be automatically set. Your location will be saved for further use. Automatically adjusts to your time zone. Respects your device's natural orientation, works in landscape or portrait mode. Adjustable font size. Comprehensive help menu. Installs to SD card if your device is running Android OS 2.2 or higher. Designed for and exclusive to Android. Please contact [email protected] you would like to see a new feature added or for any other reason. Follow Vortex on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vortex-Planetarium/133253286748186for Vortex, Space & Astronomy news. Keywords: planetarium, astronomy, sky map, star chart, planets, stars, deep sky objects, messier, dso, telrad, gps, telescope, constellations, galaxy, galaxies, nebula, night mode, moon, moon phase, earth, wikipedia, ngc, caldwell, space, meteor, jovian
VERSION HISTORY
- Version 1.1.0 posted on 2011-06-17
- Version 1.0.25 posted on 2011-05-13
Several fixes and updates
Program Details
- Category: Education > Other
- Publisher: Vortex Planetarium
- License: Free
- Price: N/A
- Version: 1.1.0
- Platform: android