Google Sky Map

Google Sky Map

With Google Sky Map for your Android phone you can discover and browse the night sky just by pointing your phone to space.

Byusing your Android phones orientation sensors, we can show you a starmap for your location. Explore planets, stars, constellations, andmore! Learn the name and location of space objects and impress yourfriends.

Features

  • Search: Find planets, stars, and constellations guided by your phone.
  • Motion detection: Sky Map uses your phones GPS, accelerometer, and compass to create a window in the sky that moves with your hand.
  • Celestial objects:Browse a map showing the brightest naked-eye stars, planets, sun andmoon, constellation lines, horizon, cardinal points, and MessierObjects.
  • Navigation: Use automaticmode to let Sky Map adjust the map for you or switch to a manual modethat allows the map to be dragged with a finger.

To see Google Sky Map in Action check out the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6znyx0gjb4&feature=player_embedded

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