5 best Android apps for exploring the night sky

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-13 00:26

The applications from this review will help you get to know and love the starry sky overhead. All you need is an Android tablet or smartphone and your own curiosity.

The image of a person staring at a small screen and not noticing anything that is happening around is a common illustration of a typical smartphone and tablet user. However, in fact, these mobile devices can not only tear a person out of reality, but also, on the contrary, open up new interesting facets of it. Today we want to introduce you to a series of Android apps that will open your eyes to the stars.

Planetarium

This application gives you basic information about the main astronomical objects such as constellations, planets of the solar system, their moons and so on. You can find out detailed information about their properties, location, visibility depending on the position of the observer, date, time and time zone. The application has a beautiful design and a sophisticated interface.

Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy

One of the most complete planetariums on the Google Play store. Allows you to see the starry sky without leaving the comfort of your living room. With the help of a camera lens and special augmented reality technology, you can superimpose a picture of the night sky directly onto your surroundings. This feature is not available in any other similar application.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

A simple program that automatically downloads and sets as a desktop picture every day new wallpapers from NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day catalog. You can also read interesting facts about the displayed astronomical objects and phenomena.

Stellarium Mobile Sky Map

This is another fully functional planetarium for your phone that you can use to learn about the stars. By pointing the camera of the device at any astronomical object in the sky, you will receive its full name, picture and location within a few seconds. The app contains data on more than 600,000 stars, real-time sky maps and 3D visualizations of the main planets of the solar system and their satellites.

Star Chart

This application is included in the list of the most popular programs in the "Education" category and has been installed on mobile devices by more than ten million people. Star Chart is a virtual planetarium right in your pocket. It uses GPS positioning technology, a 3D model of the universe that calculates in real time the current location of every star and planet visible from Earth. If you want to find out the name and information about any speck in the sky, then just point the device's camera at it.