5 best Android applications for the study of the night sky

The image of man, staring at the screen is small and does not see anything that's going on is a common illustration of a typical user's smartphones and tablets. But in fact, these mobile devices can not only separate people from the reality, but on the contrary, to open its new and interesting faces. Today we want to introduce you to a series of applications for Android, which will open your eyes to the stars.

Planetarium

This app gives you basic information about the major astronomical objects, such as constellations, the solar system planets, their satellites, and so on. You can find detailed information about their characteristics, location, visibility, depending on the position of the observer, date, time and time zone. The app has a beautiful design and crafted interface.

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Planetarium

Developer: AndScaloid

Price: Free

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Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy

One of the most complete planetarium in the Google Play store. It allows you to see the starry sky, without leaving the comfort of your living room. The camera lens and a special augmented reality technology you will be able to put a picture of the night sky right on around you. This feature is not available in any other similar applications.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

A simple program that automatically downloads and installs as a desktop wallpaper every day a new wallpaper from the catalog of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can also read the interesting facts about the display of astronomical objects and phenomena.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Developer: sam Oakley

Price: Free

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Stellarium Mobile Sky Map

This is another full-featured planetarium for your phone that you can use to gain knowledge about the stars. Sending a device's camera to any astronomical object in the sky, you get a few seconds of his full name, picture and location. The annex contains data on more than 600,000 stars, are displayed in real-time maps of the sky-and 3D-visualization of the major planets in the solar system and their satellites.

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Stellarium planetarium

Developer: Noctua Software

Price: 219,00 ₽

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Star Chart

This application is included in the list of the most popular programs in category "Education" and installed on mobile devices more than ten million people. Star Chart is a virtual planetarium right in your pocket. It uses location technology using GPS, 3D-model of the universe, that calculates in real time the current location of each visible from Earth the stars and planets. If you want to know the name and information about any speck in the sky, then just move your device's camera at it.

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Star Chart - The star map

Developer: Escapist Games Limited

Price: Free

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