A hand held observatory including music player to help with those long nights star gazing. NightSky 2 is a comprehensive simulation of the celestial sphere uniquely providing 5 views both in landscape and portrait screen modes.
The following screen modes are provided in the application:
Equatorial – View the whole sky in one go.
Polar view of Northern hemisphere stars.
Polar view of Southern hemisphere stars.
Sky – the visible sky directly above day or night.
Horizon – uniqure view of the sky you would see by directly looking at the horizon.
Other features include:
- Navigate the NightSky using your finger, GPS or built-in Compass
- Constellation selection screens.
- Named Objects database
- Zodiac symbol display.
- Moon phrase calendar.
- Real-time display of Sun, Moon and the Major planets
including distance and astronomical position.
- Acquire position and time from the iPhone’s built in GPS.
- Select your position using Google Maps.
- Track what you see in the sky by slaving Horizon view
to your GPS or compass heading.
- Scale lines for Horizon, Ecliptic and Galactic Equator.
- Real-time data calculation – no need for remote data access.
- Setup and control iPod playlist from the main screens
- Observation emailer.
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