Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Education | $4.99 | Mike Smithwick | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
"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 Almanac
Distant 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
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
•Compass aware (iPhone/iPad only). Simply aim and gaze.
•Over 300,000 pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand with support for up to 17 million.
•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 information
First Light is a proud member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers with family-friendly apps.
Twitter: @distantsuns, @lazyastronomer
AIM : lazyastronomer
Support: www.distantsuns.com
This app has went to hell, it’s a jumbled mess, the menu graphics are dated looking, and to be billed as a completely redesigned modern interface is a gross fabrication. Even the keyboard that’s used is the OLD, iPhone on an iPad style, this whole app looks as if it is a bad port over from iOS 6, designed for iPhone but will run on iPad, it’s just missing the 2X button in one corner. Interface is confusing Poorly designed Not intuitive Ugly dated looking menues Nothing is labeled on the UI and the tutorial contains little helpful information. Rewritten? I suggest liberal use of “undo”
After upgrading to iOS 13.1.3 the Distant Suns (Max) wakes up frozen with a message that I am not connected to iCloud, which is not true. I am connected and DS switch is ON. Is there an update to DS?
Distant Suns has been my goto app for the night sky until now. When I open it it asks to use location services, before I select it, it goes away and then locks up my phone.
Nothing like it. Wonderful way to open the mind to the beauty and mystery of the universe and our place in it.
This app needs to be on every IPad in the world! This is one of those few programs that will help kids and adults alike to feel at home with the galaxy! I really am enjoying going out in the night, holding up the iPad and identifying / learning where things are in the sky. - compass mode is just genius!
What happened ? I used to Love the app. But now it is crippled. Moon & Sun missing from menu, time always on left except if all is hidden. Lite version is better now. "Find" is horrid.
I love the Distant Suns apps! I've had the various versions on my mobile devices for years & I've never been disappointed. Download and enjoy!
I used to love this. But the compass feature is now so unreliable that it's become utterly useless. ?