2023 Author: Gordon Kinson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-24 11:09
The "astronomical" program Star Walk (see our review) is one of the most popular third-party space applications. Over 10 million users, winning the prestigious Apple Design Award … The success story continues with the second installment of the legendary app.
Download Star Walk 2 for iPhone and iPad (App Store)
People love to look at the stars today, they are confident in the studio that created the Vito Technology program.
Apps like Star Walk show the world the full power of Apple's mobile operating system. Thanks to a set of iPhone sensors and its own render engine, Star Walk draws a map of the starry sky in the place where the program user is. You can get information about each object on the screen - just one touch is enough.
An incredibly complex mathematical model allows Star Walk 2 to calculate and show the user how the sky will look tonight - or throughout the year. With the help of the program, it is convenient to recognize various objects in the sky - stars, constellations, comets, artificial satellites in the Earth's orbit.
The program tracks the flight paths of 8,000 satellites.
See how Star Walk 2 displays the constellation of Cancer:
As before, the program gives detailed information about what phase the Moon is in now, when the sunrise / sunset will come and how the planets are moving. There is a special Red Mode for observing starfall through a "telescope" - you can look at the stars through 5 filters, turning on X-rays, and feel the invisible structure of the Universe.
Another small video - this time a deep space object is demonstrated:
System Requirements - Any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad running iOS 10.0 or a later version of Apple's mobile operating system.
The app also offers in-app purchases - extended information on satellites, the solar system and deep space objects.
Download Star Walk 2 for iPhone and iPad (App Store)
See also:
- Star Walk is a "live" map of the starry sky for iPhone and iPad.
- Tips for a novice photographer with an iPhone in hand.
- 17 fantastic videos captured with a GoPro camera.
