(astronomy) Distant Suns : Unleash your inner astronaut 1.3.1

>>Note: this current version 1.3.1 only works on OS 3.0 due to a quirk discovered after it was submitted to Apple. It will not launch properly on previous OS versions. Apple is reviewing a fix to make it compatible with pre-OS 3 devices. In lieu of that, fetch the Lite version first, and check back here in a few days.<<

In 1987 Distant Suns first put the universe on your desktop. In 2009 it puts the universe in your shirt pocket. The world of astronomy was opened up first for Commodore Amiga users in 1987, making it one of most venerable software titles around.

Sporting a database of thousands of stars, nebula and galaxies, Distant Suns has earned the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy programs available for the most casual sky watchers and serious astronomers alike.

•5 Stars from ituneappreview.com, http://www.ituneappreviews.com/2008/11/12/distant-suns.htm
•5 Stars in iphoneapplicationlist.com
• 4 Stars from AppVee.co: http://www.appvee.com/t/distant-suns

• http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk_iphone_starsmay02,0,7829171.story
Features include:

•Thousands of pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand
•Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
•All 88 constellations with articles on their mythology
•The Messier catalog of galaxies, nebula and star clusters
•Dozens of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope
•All 8 planets (Pluto is optional)
•Sun and Moon
•GPS aware
•Red interface to preserve your night vision
•Whats Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of where all of the important stuff is
•Landscape panoramas from observatories to ancient Greek ruins
•Easy one-handed operation.
•Point and Identify mode reveals a wealth of hidden data for each star, planet or deep-sky object
•Planetary data and information
•Solid and responsive tech support via : Lazyastronomer, Twitter: lazyastronomer, and blog: distantsuns.wordpress.com

The Universe just got, well...uh..."smaller."