Distant Suns 5 app for iPhone and iPad
4.6 (
6496 ratings )
Lifestyle
Education
Developer:
Mike Smithwick
3.99 USD
Current version:
5.0.3, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 01 Apr 2010
App size: 653.18 Mb
Distant Suns: The night sky, reimagined.
2013 finalist in the Family category of TabTimes best tablet app contest;
"I am putting together some mobile astronomy apps for our local "Skys the Limit" Observatory in Twentynine Palms, CA. I have been searching for something as good as, or better than, Distant Suns. Short answer: I have not found it yet. ...nothing portrays the night sky as well as Distant Suns.
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 NPRs MarketPlace
Features include:
•No Internet required. Just a sense of wonder.
•View from the Earth or out in the solar system
•Simply aim and gaze.
•Over 18 million pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand (18 mil? Yup.)
•Integrated with NASAs Night Sky Network space events in your area (US only at present)
•Whats Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of the evenings sky
•Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
•Stories behind each constellation
•Viewpoint Lock keeps any object 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 (or 9 for you purists)
•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
Support: www.distantsuns.com
Pros and cons of Distant Suns 5 app for iPhone and iPad
Distant Suns 5 app good for
Started watching the sky with this app. Easy to use and lot of info !
This is soooooo nice absolutly cool!!!!!!!!!
Das ist der Wahnsinn absoluter Hammer!!!!!!!!
A must have for every Astronomy lover. It worths every penny
Great app! Ive got a number of astronomy apps and this one is my fav. The only problem is that the accelerometer didnt work properly when I was outside, away from a wifi connection (I dont have 3G). It didnt allow me to input my coordinates in conjunction with the motion sensor. Nevertheless, 5 stars for being breathtakingly excellent.
Best Astronomy program you can imagine, and even better! Work flawlessly. You can adjust the maximum magnitude of the stars displayed to match your nightsky so its way much easier to match whats on your screen to the sky... Many other options that you had only dream of. Be ready to spend a lot of time with this app. So many informations available on everything. Its like a live astronomy catalog. Big tanks.
WORTH EVERY DIME FOR EVERY ASTRONOMY ENTHOUSIAST.
!!!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
This is one of the truly great iOS apps. Takes full advantage of the iPad internal clock, GPS and compass to automatically display the right view. If you ever wondered "what is that star called?", this makes it easy.
Some bad moments
First time it ran after loading it locked up "loading cool stuff". Every time I use the system menu the menu duplicates all the menu options! Sometimes when switching back to the sky view the unit will beep but not change the display unless selected twice... Hope to see a bug fixed update soon, maybe then it will be worth the $.
Nice program but needs work.
I know that there is an update available, but when I try to get it, it tells me that the product is no longer available. Whats going on? I am using IOS 6
After the last update, this app will no longer scan when I hold it up to look at the sky. Anybody know a fix for it?
The update doesnt work properly . The app always crash when we try to open it.
I have tried over and over to download app...it will not download on my iPad. Just keeps freezing up and does not show up at all on my homepage.
Finally able to download after many attempts and now wont open from icon on my ipad... For over 200 Mb space and bandwith to download, very disappointing...
