Our image galleries are in transition here at TUAW, so I can't post screen shots, but the app product page will show you some nice examples. It requires iOS 4.3 or later, and is optimized for the iPhone 5. Star Chart is a universal app and runs smoothly on the iPad 3 and iPhone 5 I tested it on. I wish there was a discount for all the in-app purchases that could make upgrading a reasonable path. You can pick and choose which in-app purchases, if any, make sense to you.įor a beginning amateur astronomer, the free version of Star Chart will do very nicely. Sky Safari Pro 3, which is more expensive at $39.99, has a vastly superior feature set and more data, as does Sky Safari 3 Plus ($14.99).Īs an augmented reality free app, I do think Star Chart is excellent. All the features don't line up across all 3 apps, but they are close enough that getting on the upgrade train for Star Chart doesn't make too much sense. For that, you can get Distant Suns (Max) with similar features for $9.99.or Star Walk for $2.99. Whew! Add in all of the in-app purchases, and you've racked up a bill of about $26.00. $2.99), Extended Solar System ($2.99), Enhanced Constellations ($4.99), Extended Star Catalogs ($9.99) and Enhanced Messier Catalog ($4.99). The in-app purchases include meteor showers (U.S. You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu. The Messier Deep Sky catalog is included, so you can get some information about bright galaxies, nebula and star clusters. In my tests the AR mode was accurate, so the app connection to the iPhone sensors was good and it was correctly interpreting my location, direction, and angle of the screen. You can even point your screen down below the horizon and see what other parts of the world will be seeing at night. If you want to explore other areas of the sky without using the AR feature, just drag your finger over the screen. In the free version you get some very nice graphical representations of the night sky, a way to identify and learn more about what you are seeing. When you hold your device up to the sky, Star Chart will automatically start tracking your movements to match the sky. Almost all are paid apps, so it's nice to see that Star Chart has gone free, although there are the inevitable in-app purchases. Star Charts features include: - Just point and view. And for help using Star Chart in VR please see the Virtual Reality section of our Star Chart User Guide: are plenty of star charts around the app store that feature augmented reality, where you tilt your iOS device toward the sky and the app reveals what planets and stars are in your field of view. But please note that there are no promises as to which features we will include nor when.įeel free to provide us with your thoughts, feedback and feature requests. We will continue to develop and enhance Star Chart over time, and we hope that soon Star Chart will reach parity with our other versions. ![]() But please do not expect full feature parity yet. Written from the ground up for Virtual Reality, this version of Star Chart is in many ways a superior product to that on iOS / Android / Windows 8 and more. Star Chart requires hardware to be viewed in Virtual Reality - ie either a Vive or Oculus Rift. This experience is the perfect way for both the young and old to let their inner child experience the thrills of embracing the final frontier. What better way to learn about the night sky and astronomy than to immerse yourself as a virtual astronaut travelling through space. IAU Named rocky planet surface details. All 88 constellations based on the beautiful artwork of 17th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius A Sky View mode that recreates your view of the night sky from your own GPS coordinates ![]() A 3D solar system to explore, including the Sun, the planets, major moons and more An accurate real-time simulation of the visible stars and planets as you see them from Earth Embrace the impossible distances of our solar system and the inordinate scale of our universe. Understand how the constellations of our night sky are made up of stars distant to each other in both space and time. Feel the awe of floating in space around worlds no human has yet set foot on. Look up in wonder at the rings of Saturn. Gaze down and marvel at our solar system from above. We're proud to bring to you the hugely successful astronomy & star gazing app - Star Chart - downloaded by over 20 million people world-wide.ĭelight in exploring the solar system, from the Sun to the smallest moons of Saturn and out to the coldest, darkest, farthest reaches of Pluto. *** Star Chart supports VR through the Vive or Oculus Rift, while regular desktop use is also supported *** Step into your very own Virtual Reality Planetarium! Star Chart lets you explore the solar system and night sky in a beautiful and accurate real-time simulation.
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