Star & Planet Finder
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Free | Nir Alperovitch | iPhone, iPad |
Simply choose a planet from the list, and move your device according to the pointer display, the pointer represents the planet.
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REVIEWS:
"Sanderson - I have dabbled with astronomy for 30 years, star maps, celestial co-ordinates, Patrick moores year book but this app renders them all obsolete. It makes locating stars and planets Childs play!"
"I am amazed! - I love this app! It does exactly as promised. Got a telescope for Christmas and hated not know what I was looking at or where to find what I wanted to look at. This app made stargazing a million times better for me and my kids!"
"I was thrilled when the cross hairs appeared on screen and Guided me to the planet that I had selected from the list. And that was only the free app!I highly recommend this app for anyone who is curious about the stars above. Well worth the purchase I say."
"Tech at it's best! - Awesome program. Any astronomer knows the computational power needed for these algorithms. And the iPhone sensors are up to the task. Unique. Buy it."
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FEATURES:
- Augmented Reality display - guides you to the chosen star
- Compass, GPS, accelerometer, camera and clock aware
- All 7 planets including Sun and Moon
- All 88 constellations for $0.99 !
- The 300 brightest stars for $0.99 !
- The 150 Brightest Satellites for $0.99 !
- Full Augmented Reality display
- Automatic time sync
- Moon phase display
- Planets information: description, mass, diameter, range
- Constellations Maps
- Satellite tracking map
- Great for astronomy fans
Reviews
Fun App!
LochJ
It is great to show the grandkids and teach them about our solar system. Easy to use.
Good app, but...
Ncjt75
The stock features that come for free work great. I tried purchasing the satellites and none of them are available.
Missing Features - Update Needed
DF Koelling
Love it for having the groupings that I need in a quick and ready visual mosaic. Would really wish they included some additional features to stars and constellations and satellites so that one could: - Copy the name into the clipboard - Pull up full and current Wikipedia article on it - Google search it Especially since I paid for them. That would make me reconsider to 5 stars.
Not worth it
Jowhosiah
Nope can't see any of the constellations your looking for ( you have to buy a package for it. you can find the sun, moon, mars etc.
Planet finder
eapr2010
Easily points any planet in the direction of the planet. Even a novice can find planet in the sky's and see if the planet is visible for naked eye like now
Works for me.
JesupJohn
I wanted something to help granddaughter find planets / constellations. This does fine for us.
WOW!!! ;) (2 YEAR UPDATE)
Space Luver69
*UPDATE* So, I've had this incredible app for just under two years now, so I thought it would be reasonable to do an updated review at this time. First off, Nir Alperovitch, creator of this app, has done some unbelievable work, despite the mixed reviews that one may see. I will now point out some of the pros and cons that I have noticed during the 730 days that I have had this app. Pros: -still finds planets in the night sky with impeccable accuracy. Just used it last night and my reaction was "WOW". -Another pro is that this app gives unbelievably useful information on each planet in the vast sky that consumes our planet, Earth. For example, did you know that "Venus is sometimes called earth's 'sister planet'" (Alperovitch)??? -The final pro that I will mention is in regards to the overall usability of this app. Nir has me thoroughly convinced that literally anyone, even those who are incapable of most things, can use this app with ease. Incredible. Cons: After reading through roughly 535 reviews on this app, I noticed a common trend amongst the 1-star reviews. Most of these pertained to people who seemed to be disappointed at the fact that one has to pay to see stars, constellations, etc. My problem with these reviews is that the name of the app is Planet Finder. It's pretty obvious what this app is intended for, finding planets, and to get upset that you have to pay for constellations is simply ignorant. Sure, if this app were called "Planet, Star, and Constellation Finder", I would understand your frustration. -For me the only other con is that the size of the app increased about .6 MB. With that said, the updated app is well worth the storage, and is still easily one of the best apps that I have even obtained in my life. That is all *PREVIOUS REVIEW* This app enables the user to harvest an incredible amount of vital information about our wonderful sky. Pros: ~the user can track not one or two, but EVERY planet known to mankind. ~clear and consider photos enable the "tracker" to distinguish between all of our extravagant planets Cons: ~the planets seem to move around a lot on the app Overall this is easily the best app I have obtained in my entire life. If there was a scenario in my lifetime that forced me to delete all of my apps but one, this app would most definitely be in my top 4. Worth all of the 11.8 MB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
