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StarTracker - Mobile SkyMap

by Shen Ji Pan
$2.99 in the App Store

Go star gazing with StarTracker.

What is it about?

--- Video on YouTube: http://tiny.cc/starvideo ---

For those who...

  • It’s for anyone interested in astronomy.

Not for those who...

  • It’s not as robust feature-wise as other apps in this category.

Why we love it

If you want to find out what’s above, StrarTracker will help you get it done.

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App Details

Version
1.9.17
Rating
(156)
Size
18Mb
Genre
Reference Navigation
Last updated
December 3, 2017
Release date
May 27, 2011
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App Store Description

--- Video on YouTube: http://tiny.cc/starvideo ---
--- Thank you all my dear users to make big success of StarTracker, please leave a review or rating if you love this application!
--- TOP 5 Education app in 31 countries when FREE!

It's so excited to introduce you the best star gazing app on iOS! This app has a super reaction speed and high accuracy, you must try it out and see how fast it is ;)

Just hold up and point the device at the sky to see what stars, constellations and deep sky objects you are looking at in realtime. Full utilization of the build-in gyroscope, digital compass and accelerometer drive the best user experience.

Features:
• Augmented Reality Star Gazing with gyroscope! Just hold up the device.
• Sun, Moon, planets and 8000+ stars visible to the naked eyes.
• 88 Constellations & 100+ deep sky objects with magnificent graphics.
• All data is offline!
• Search and Lock the objects in Solar system, 12 Zodiac Constellations, 88 Constellations, Deep Sky Objects and Famous Stars.
• 3D compass in AR mode, indicate position of objects your searched.
• Location auto set by GPS, or set manually.
• Time Machine. Time and date can be adjusted smoothly.
• Capture a screenshot and share with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or save to Photos. (Only share to Twitter on iOS5)
• Smooth motion flow and quick response which is realized by cutting edge signal processing technique.
• Superb high quality graphic display by enabling the retina display of the device and the full screen anti-aliasing technology employment.

Usage:
• Buttom Right: Hide/Show Main Setting Menu, settings for name display, constellation, deep sky object, night mode, star amount and grid mode.
• Top Right: Search Menu (Solar system, 12 Zodiac and 88 Constellations, Deep Sky Object and Famous Stars)
• Top Left: Location Menu, choose location from a world map.
• Top bar: Time Machine Menu, adjust any time/date.
• Buttom Left: AR Compass indicator in AR track mode, pan the screen to enter un-track mode and click track button to back.

Tips:
• When search any object under un-track mode, it will be locked at the center of the screen, then user can adjust time/date to see changes of the related sky.
• When under un-track mode, just lift up the screen and point it to the sky to enter AR track mode.

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