Planetarium IPA App Version 2.0
Description
As you watch the motions of the planets and moons, learn what makes each one unique and get a feeling for the immense distances between them. Popup facts are displayed right in the main view and you can bring up more detailed information—including links to the original Wikipedia articles—at the tap of a button. Alternatively you can turn off all the user interface elements and just play with the celestial spheres in their element.
All eight planets are represented along with the Sun, Pluto—the most famous dwarf planet—and the most significant planetary moons including our own.
CONTROLS:
- Tap and drag in the middle of the screen to rotate around the object you are looking at. If you lift your finger while it's moving quickly the view will continue to rotate until you tap again.
- Pinch in and out to zoom in and out.
- Tap twice quickly to zoom to far, medium and close distances from the object you are looking at.
- Quickly shake the device to return the view of a constellation to that as seen from Earth. For planets and moons this will rotate the object so that you can see the fully lit surface.
- If you can't see the buttons at the top of the screen, tap a little in from the left edge at the top to bring up the settings panel and turn "Show Buttons" on. The controls are shown dimly even if the buttons are turned off.
- The buttons are from left to right: Show Object Information, Show Settings, Show Time Scale, Show Object Menu.
What's new in Version 2.0
- Universal Binary works on any device running iOS 3.2 or greater.
- iPhone 4 Retina display support
- Supports iOS 4 multitasking.
- Accurate Starfield: stars greater than magnitude 6 within 50 parsecs of the Sun are represented.
- 3D Constellations: view the 88 International Astronomical Union constellations along with their Wikipedia articles. The stars and constellation lines are represented in space so you can view constellations from all angles.
- Built-in web browser: Now you don't have to leave Planetarium to follow links from the included articles.
- Color-coded orbit lines so that you can tell the terrestrial planets (brown) from the Jovian planets (blue), Earth (green) and the dwarf planet Pluto (purple). Moon orbits are gray.
- Re-designed place menu including recently visited places.
- Background shows the Milky Way and distant galaxies.
IPA size 9.5 MB
LANGUAGES: English
REQUIREMENTS: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later
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