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Distant Suns 3: Unleash Your Inner Astronaut

       iOS Universal

"Distant Suns is easy to use and understand. The graphics are amazing. I use it every chance I get. I love showing people the stars." Lee Brandon-Cremer, Space Shuttle Almanac

Distant Suns has been your personal guide to the cosmos since 1985. First on the desktop, now right in your hands. While others play games, you can travel to the stars.

Award-winning Distant Suns has the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy apps for casual sky watchers as well as serious astronomers.

•Named in the "100 Essential Apps" by iLounge
•Featured on NPR's MarketPlace, October, 2010
•5 Stars from ituneappreview.com,
•5 Stars in iphoneapplicationlist.com

[NOTE: IPhone 3GS/4 and iPad level devices are recommended];

Features include:

•Compatible with the new retina iPad.
•No Internet required. Just a sense of wonder.
•View from the Earth or out in the solar system
•Augmented reality viewing overlays the sky with your local landscape
•Compass aware (iPhone/iPad only). Simply aim and gaze.
•Over 300,000 pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand
•Integrated with NASA's Night Sky Network space events in your area (US only at present)
•What's Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of the evening's sky
•Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
•Stories behind each constellation
•Viewpoint Lock keeps any planet centered
•Current weather patterns on the earth, updated daily
•Change the look of the stars
•Galaxies, nebula and star clusters
•Hubble Space Telescope images
•All 8 planets (Pluto is optional)
•GPS aware
•Special color mode preserves your night vision.
•Touch the sky to reveal hidden data for each object
•Planetary data and information

First Light is a proud member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers with family-friendly apps.

Twitter: @distantsuns, @lazyastronomer
AIM : lazyastronomer
Support: www.distantsuns.com

What's new

3.3.2

* Fixed one button that wasn't sized correctly for the new iPad's retina display
* Other smaller cosmetic tweaks for the same reason
* Venus should now show the correct phase at all times
* Fixed a crash in the time strip when scrolling through the end of a Leap Year.

3.3.1

* Increased the Night Sky Network range to 300 miles fixing an issue for users in sparsely populated areas.
* Toolbar supports double-sized icons for the iPad HD.

3.3.0
* See all of the astronomical activities in your area using NASA's Night Sky Network. (US only)
* Increased the performance up to 100%
* Lens flares add a more photographic quality to the imagery
* Dozens of UI enhancements and performance tweaks

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Last changed:

Mar 25, 2012

Category:

Education

Developer:

First Light

Version:

3.3.2

Average Rating:

4.50 (35)

Size:

51.3 MB

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