Pocket Universe: Comprehensive Information, Maps And Interactive Viewers
On October 15, 2009
App Type: iPhone
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By: Craic Design
Version #: 1.7.1
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Price: 2.99
User Rating:If you are someone who wants to know more about the night sky, you will want to get the Pocket Universe app. This is the ideal beginner’s guide to astronomy because it comes with comprehensive details, maps and interactive viewers of the night sky for any location in the world. In fact, the user doesn’t have to be on any network for the device to deliver accurate maps and views of the stars, constellations and planets circling over head.
The Pocket Universe app allows anyone to become a sky watching expert thanks to the many educational features it includes. When it is downloaded to a mobile device with a properly calibrated compass it will plot the position of all major planets and celestial bodies. It will be able to pinpoint more than ten thousand stars and also deliver outlines of the eighty-eight constellations.
There is a handy “Show Me” guide that directs the user to specific constellations, stars or planets in the skies around them too. This app also contains accurate lunar calendars and a list of all upcoming events such as meteor showers and viewable planets. There is a quiz feature to test the user about what they have learned, and there is also a calendar that will provide information about the night sky for any dates far in the future.
Although other apps like SkyGazer and Star Walk seek to educate iPod Touch and iPhone device users about the night sky, the Pocket Universe is one of the few that rolls all of the maps, teaching tools, and three dimensional features into a single app.
At a cost of only $2.99, this is one of the finest bargains available.
If you want to become a knowledgeable master of the night sky you need to get this app today.