Distant Suns 3: Space Travel for the Rest of Us is a universal iPhone & iPad application that puts the universe in your hands.
Distant Suns 3 - iTunes link
Planets Align for the Perseid Meteor Shower - NASA Science
- View from the Earth or out in the solar-system with the new Spaceflight mode
- Compass aware for the 3GS and iPad. Just aim and identify.
- Over 130,000 pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand
- Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
- All 88 constellations with images and articles on their mythology
- Viewpoint Lock keeps any planet centered
- Current weather patterns on the earth, updated every 3 hours
- Preference panel to change the way stars are rendered in over a dozen different ways.
- The Messier catalog of galaxies, nebula and star clusters
- Dozens of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope
- All 8 planets (Pluto is optional)
- GPS aware
- Red interface to preserve your night vision
- What's Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of where all of the important stuff is
- Point and Identify mode reveals a wealth of hidden data for each star, planet or deep-sky object
- Planetary data and information
Distant Suns 3 - iTunes link
Planets Align for the Perseid Meteor Shower - NASA Science
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