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A star-studded night sky is a beautiful sight to behold.
Finding constellations is easy with the right app.
When smartphones were first entering the mainstream, apps likeGoogle Sky Mapshowed off their potential.
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Those apps weren’t just a gimmick toshow off the accelerometer, though.
There are still great apps that let you find constellations by simply pointing your phone at the sky.
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The Stellarium app is available forAndroid,iPhone, andiPad.
It’s free and open source with an optional one-time “Plus” upgrade for $19.99.
The basic idea of the app is it uses your location to know which constellations will be visible.
Stellarium also shows where planets, comets, satellites, and other deep space objects are in real time.
you’re free to even zoom in and out to get a different perspective on our planet.
It’s a great app to have in your back pocket.
SkyView
Another great app forAndroid,iPhone, andiPadis SkyView.
SkyView doesn’t receive as many updates as Stellarium, but it still works well.
SkyView is the same general idea as Stellatium.
The SkyView experience is a little rougher around the edges, but it’s still a great option.
The “Lite” version has enough features for most people.
If you find yourself using the app a lot, the $2 upgrade is easy to digest.
It’s pretty cool what all thesensors in your phonecan enable.
Now it’s possible for you to just point your phone at the sky andbe amazed by space.
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