Starmap 1.4

The ideal stargazing companion. Easily find constellations, planets or shooting stars zones. A complete hand planetarium for beginners and advanced astronomers.

With the new iPhone 3GS compass, Starmap displays exactly the portion of the sky you are pointing at. Hold the device parallel to your line of vision and discover the map smoothly scanning the sky as you move.

Starmap is a powerful sky navigation tool, written by a professional astronomer. Its design avoids gadget ornaments on purpose but is aimed at helping real observation.

A full video of Starmaps features is available on the support website. Do not hesitate to contact the author before purchasing Starmap.

IMPORTANT: take a look at STARMAP PRO, with NGC/IC catalogues, eyepiece view and more functions dedicated to astronomers.

FEATURES:
- 350 000 visible stars (SAO up to magnitude 10).
- 200 Main stars with names, kind, spectrum.
- 150 Galaxies and nebulae (Messier catalog, main NGC/IC).
- Deep sky objects images.
- Tonights bests selection.
- Time slider.
- Lunar calendar.
- Constellations boundaries.
- Automatic viewpoint using the built-in accelerometer.
- Pinch and zoom as if you were looking in a telescope.
- More and more details when zooming.
- Finder arrow for localizing objects.
- Smooth and antialiased graphics.
- Adjust sky and stars brightness matching your observation conditions.
- Full coordinates, ecliptic, celestial equator.
- Complete ephemeris, including moon phase and planets satellites views.
- Touching map items brings up info panel.
- Night Vision mode
- Shooting star zones
- GPS support
- Custom user locations

(The Swedish version has menus in English. Full localization is still pending.)