Star Rover - Stargazing Guide vs Redshift Sky Pro - Astronomy Usage & Stats

Do you love the starry night? Do you want to know everything in the sky? Star Rover is the fantastic planetarium for your iPhone and iPod touch. Just hold up your iPhone and Star Rover will tell you exactly what you are pointing at. Star Rover determines your location automatically. You'll see the stars, moon, planets, constellations in their proper place from your current location. As you move your iPhone, the star map updates in real time. Star Rover makes the virtual sky a gorgeous view. You can see star twinkling, beautiful nebulae, occasional meteor and even sunset glow in the evening. Star Rover is very easy to use. You can simply change the sky view in settings and use Quick Find for everything you want to know in the night sky. Star Rover lets you set your location manually so you can see the sky from any part of the world. It also lets you travel to the future or the past and see the sky on different dates and times. If you are planning for a solar eclipse, this is the app you need. Features - Over 120,000 stars. - All 88 constellations with beautiful artworks. - Planets and their moons with stunning graphics. - Moon phases. - Real images of Messier objects. - Sky objects information. - Realistic Milky Way. - Equatorial and azimuthal grids. - Sky view underneath the horizon. - Visual magnitude adjustment. - Manually time & date setting. - Manually location setting. - Quick Find. - Point and view (iPhone only, compass support required).

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Redshift Sky Pro - Astronomy

Redshift Sky Pro is your tool and your knowledge base when it comes to cosmic objects. Planets and moons, asteroids and comets, stars and deep-sky objects - explore the night sky and enjoy astronomy with Redshift Sky Pro. Discover fascinating celestial objects and learn more about them. See what is happening in the sky tonight or travel through time to observe the objects on their orbits and to see how the constellations in the sky change. Features: • Award-winning planetarium with over 100,000 stars, 10,000 spectacular deep-sky objects and thousands of other celestial objects • Explore the night sky with unique brilliance and precision • Determine rising and setting times and plan your observations • Travel through time • Accurate simulation of planetary orbits, solar and lunar eclipses, conjunctions and many other celestial phenomena • Real-time tracking of satellites and space missions • Free update service to get the latest orbital data for satellites, comets and asteroids • Augmented reality to merge the sky in Redshift and the surrounding environment • Fascinating 3D models of the planets, moons, asteroids and many deep-sky objects • Land on the planets and moons to observe the sky from there • Breathtaking space flights to planets, moons and stars as well as distant galaxies and colorful nebulae • Comprehensive scientific data on celestial objects and their position, transit and visibility • Wide range of functions, yet easy to use • Numerous sky view settings, including a "Night View" option • "Today's Night Sky" and "My Favorites" show you what's going on in the sky tonight • Calendar for planning observation of solar and lunar eclipses • 25 interesting and educational chapters of "Discover Astronomy" • Share your most spectacular Redshift experiences via iMessage • Apple Watch connectivity helps you observe the sky Would you like to use this app as a professional tool for controlling your telescope? Extend the app with the professional subscription Redshift Sky Ultimate and get one of the most powerful planetariums in the world. Configure your own sky views, find your perfect observation targets among millions of celestial objects, control your telescope, make fascinating journeys into space and experience the heavenly bodies up close. Features of Redshift Sky Ultimate: • Your daily assistant for successful sky observation • Huge database with more than 2,500,000 stars and 70,000 deep-sky objects • Online access to more than one billion stars from the USNO-B1.0 and GAIA DR3 catalogues • Powerful sky calendar and precise location and visibility data for all objects • Telescope control for Meade or Celestron telescopes (except Celestron NexStar Evolution series) • Notifications so you never miss a celestial event • Ability to save an unlimited number of sky views with the option to send them to friends or reopen them in Redshift • Professional solar eclipse map showing the exact path of the Moon's shadow across the Earth's surface • Simulation of brightness variations of new stars and supernovae • Database of stars with exoplanets • Calculation of the trajectories of asteroids and comets with the unique numerical integration • Ability to select the exact landing site on a planet or moon • Tracking of the exact trajectory of satellites above the Earth ***** Questions or suggestions for improvements: Mail to support@redshiftsky.com We are looking forward to your feedback! For more information on news and updates: redshiftsky.com www.redshiftsky.com/en/terms-of-use/ *****