SkySafari for Android

11 things about SkySafari

1. + 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.

2. + 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.

3. + 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.

4. Simply hold your device to the sky and quickly locate planets, constellations, satellites, and millions of stars and deep sky objects.

5. + 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).

6. Expanded information has been designed to help plan your night and includes Moon & Sun info, calendar curations, and the best positioned deep sky and solar system objects.

7. + Learn about the history, mythology, and science of the heavens! Browse from hundreds of object descriptions, astronomical photographs, and NASA spacecraft images in SkySafari.

8. + Plus unlock the SkySafari Premium Subscription to access amazing features: massive deep sky database, events, curated news and articles, connected stargazing features, light pollution map and more.

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

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

11. This feature highlights objects in the sky chart and indicates with a number how many users are observing a particular object.