Distant Suns(max): Unleash Your Inner Astronaut 3.4.3
Device: iOS Universal
Category: Education
Price: $9.99 -> $6.99, Version: 3.4.3 (iTunes)
Description:"Distant Suns is easy to use and understand. The graphics are amazing. I use it every chance I get. I love showing people the stars." Lee Brandon-Cremer, Space Shuttle AlmanacDistant Suns has been your personal guide to the cosmos since 1985. First on the desktop, now right in your hands. While others play games, you can travel to the stars.Award-winning Distant Suns has the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy apps for casual sky watchers as well as serious astronomers. •Named in the "100 Essential Apps" by iLounge•Featured on NPR's MarketPlace, October, 2010•5 Stars from ituneappreview.com, •5 Stars in iphoneapplicationlist.com[NOTE: IPhone 3GS/4 and iPad level devices are recommended];Features include:•No Internet required. Just a sense of wonder.•View from the Earth or out in the solar system•Observe the targets being monitored in real-time, by the SETI Institute for signs of possible extraterrestrial intelligence•Augmented reality viewing overlays the sky with your local landscape•Compass aware (iPhone/iPad only). Simply aim and gaze.•Over 300,000 pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand •Integrated with NASA's Night Sky Network space events in your area (US only at present)•What's Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of the evening's sky•Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way•Stories behind each constellation•Viewpoint Lock keeps any planet centered•Current weather patterns on the earth, updated daily•Change the look of the stars•Galaxies, nebula and star clusters•Hubble Space Telescope images•All 8 planets (Pluto is optional)•GPS aware •Special color mode preserves your night vision.•Touch the sky to reveal hidden data for each object•Planetary data and informationFirst Light is a proud member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers with family-friendly apps.Twitter: @distantsuns, @lazyastronomerAIM : lazyastronomerSupport: www.distantsuns.com
What's New
●Now fully iPhone 5 compliant●Added tracking of Comet Pan-STARRS●Cloud patterns on the Earth now update every 3 hours instead of once a day●The toolbar buttons should be much easier to hit●Some outstanding issues in landscape mode have been addressed●The news ticker will now continue when coming out of background●Restored some of the missing SETI meta-data, as the SETI archive site changed nearly everything with no warning, breaking nearly everything on DS. Meh.●Added to preferences: Hide status when hiding toolbar. This completely hides the top status bar whereas the date/look angle strip is normally visible.●Fixed an alignment issue with the Milky-way●Added a small green compass icon in the upper right corner when the compass is on●Lock is now automatically disengaged when trying to drag the window●Fixed a number of landscape and night vision issues●Fixed a number of issues with the coloring of different elements●Tapping on an element in Astronomy’s RSS feed will no longer launch two instances of the browser●Changed the show-toolbar button from a ball to an up-caret: ^, as that is more easily seen●Reorganized the data in the on screen pick data●The status bar will now show the look angle on the iPhone when in landscape●And many other smaller UI changes and tweaks have been made
Distant Suns(max): Unleash Your Inner Astronaut