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Free iOS App : SkySafari (Astronomy Guide To Night Sky)

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Free Popular App : 4.7 • 11.9K Ratings / Offers In-App Purchases

About App :

SkySafari is a powerful planetarium that fits in your pocket, puts the universe at your fingertips, and is incredibly easy to use!

Simply hold your device to the sky and quickly locate planets, constellations, satellites, and millions of stars and deep sky objects. Use Augmented Reality (AR) mode to blend a simulated sky chart with a real view of your surroundings.

Packed with interactive information and rich graphics, discover why SkySafari 6 is your perfect stargazing companion under the night sky.

Here's what's new in version 6:

1) Complete support for iOS 13 and iPhone 11. We got you covered and release regular updates.
2) Clouds and Astronomy. Two words that rarely go together. Rewritten from the ground up, SkySafari 6 will (optionally) back up all your settings files and make it easily accessible to multiple devices as well as from our new web interface, LiveSky.com.
3) Say It. Ever just wanted to just yell at your device and tell it what to do!? SkySafari 6 adds basic voice control for a wide range of operations. Say "select Jupiter," "search for Titan," "center on Polaris" and SkySafari will do the work for you. Yelling optional.
4) Redesigned toolbar with ability to hide
5) Configurable font sizes
6) Better control of magnitude limits
7) Improved databases
8) Better updating of Comets and Asteroids (more recent data)
9) Better Moon display when zoomed out

If you haven't used SkySafari 6 before, here's what you can do with it:

• Hold your device up, and SkySafari will find stars, constellations, planets, and more! The star chart updates automatically with your real time movements for the ultimate stargazing experience.

• See an eclipse now, in the past or in the future! Simulate the night sky from anywhere on Earth many years in the past or in the future! Animate meteor showers, comet approaches, transits, conjunctions, and other celestial events with SkySafari's Time Flow.

• Locate the Sun, Moon, or Mars from our extensive database and track the arrow to be directed to their exact locations in the sky before you. See spectacular views of Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and other planets!

• Learn about the history, mythology, and science of the heavens! Browse from hundreds of object descriptions, astronomical photographs, and NASA spacecraft images in SkySafari. Explore tons of NASA Space Missions! Stay up-to-date with SkyWeek, for all major sky events every day – miss nothing!

• 120,000 stars; over 200 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies; all major planets and moons, and dozens of asteroids, comets, and satellites including the International Space Station (ISS).

• Animated meteor showers with complete viewing information & spectacular graphics.

• Orbit Mode – Leave the Earth's surface behind, and fly like a NASA space probe through the solar system. Requires in-app purchase.

• Night Vision – Preserves your eyesight after dark.

• Apple Maps Integration – Choose your location from a built-in Maps view.

• Horizon Panoramas – choose from beautiful built-in vistas, or customize your own!

• Much more!

Optional Features:

Cosmos Collection: In-app purchase allows you to travel to other planets and stars, visualize the 3-D location of deepsky objects in our galaxy, and listen to hours of audio guided tours of the heavens. The Cosmos Collection includes:

Orbit Mode

Lift off from the Earth and travel to the planets, moons and stars.

Guided Audio Tours

Listen to more than four hours of audio narration to learn the history, mythology, and science of the heavens.

Galaxy View

Visualize the 3-D location of stars and deep sky objects in our Galaxy the Milky Way.

Pronounce

"Yoor-a- nus", not "Your-anus"? The pronunciation guide in SkySafari will help you learn how to correctly pronounce the names of hundreds of celestial objects from different categories such as stars, constellations and planets.

For even more features, and telescope control check out SkySafari 6 Plus and SkySafari 6 Pro!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sky...1257281849
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Careless_Whisper
01-27-2021 at 12:40 AM.
01-27-2021 at 12:40 AM.
SO how exactly is this even a Slickdeal? Lmao, free app but need to purchase in-app features, you gotta be kidding. Reported.
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EfficientOctopus822
01-27-2021 at 01:22 AM.
01-27-2021 at 01:22 AM.
Quote from Careless_Whisper :
SO how exactly is this even a Slickdeal? Lmao, free app but need to purchase in-app features, you gotta be kidding. Reported.
This app usually cost more than $3 and its free temporary
In-Apps are optional
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dipakify
01-27-2021 at 09:19 AM.
01-27-2021 at 09:19 AM.
This app is pretty great, i own the Pro version and use it to control my telescope. If the lowest version is available for free right now, I'd recommend to anyone interested, buy it now! You can get the add-ons later if you think you really need them. The basic version is still great even at the regular purchase price.
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rtoudozue
01-27-2021 at 05:06 PM.
01-27-2021 at 05:06 PM.
Looks like it is free on Android too. I have been using Star Walk 2 and I don't love it. I'll try this.
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DarknetScammer
01-27-2021 at 11:49 PM.
01-27-2021 at 11:49 PM.
I see $2.99
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Lilyly
01-28-2021 at 03:01 AM.
01-28-2021 at 03:01 AM.
Quote from rtoudozue :
Looks like it is free on Android too. I have been using Star Walk 2 and I don't love it. I'll try this.
its always free on android. in app purchase.
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