/ July 27, 2015
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Description

Have you ever looked up at the night sky andgazed in wonder at it's beauty? How about in the comfort of yourown home!? Well now you can with Vortex Planetarium, one of themost feature complete planetariums on the Android Market.

Combining simplicity and beauty with unrivalled features and power,let Vortex provide you with a stunning view of the night sky.

Features

Augmented Reality (with camera support)

Hold your device to the sky and see an accurate representation ofthe stars and planets. If your device has a rear facing camera,experience true augmented reality with our sky map overlayed ontothe real world! A unique experience not found in any other Androidplanetarium.

Location

View the sky from any location - Use GPS, Network Provider or ourpowerful search feature to show you the night sky at your currentlocation, or even the other side of the world.

Time slider

Using our inovative time slider, you can see how the skies lookedat any point in time, with fine control over the abilty to rewind,or fast-forward time. Select an object and watch it's motion as itrises and falls.

Huge object database

With over 20,000 objects to discover, you wont run out of things tosearch for! Included are

* All major and minor planets in our Solar System including allmajor moons.
* 88 constellations
* 110 Messier objects
* 109 Caldwell objects
* Full Revised NGC-IC catalog (Over 14,000 objects)
* More than 9000 stars
* Meteor showers

Combined with our powerful search, you will never be far away fromany one of these objects!

Facts and figures

To compliment the staggering number of objects available, we havemade available concise facts and information about the majority ofthem, with detailed ephemeris and figures for all. You will learnsomething new with each and every object in the sky!

Events

Discover, at the touch of a button, upcoming celestial events suchas eclipses, conjunctions, moon phases, season changes and muchmore. With the ability to add these events to your device calendaryou'll never miss these sometimes once in a lifetime eventsagain!

What's up?

With just one button press, see what objects of interest are in thenight sky right now!

Highly configurable

With a bewildering number of configuration options, packaged in asimple to understand design, you can tailor Vortex to your exactneeds. Maybe the constellation art is too bright, no problem,adjust it's transparency, need to adjust the number of stars yousee to match the real night sky? No problem! We have pretty muchevery option covered, and if we don't, let us know why weshould!

Beauty, speed & simplicity

Our aim is to make sure Vortex Planetarium is easy to use,extremely powerful and look stunning.

Vortex Planetarium has been optimised to run as fast and assmoothly as possible, no jerky movements when you zoom in onJupiter. We have not ported Vortex from iPhone, it's purely anAndroid product. This means we can focus on optimising for theplatform exclusively. This philosophy guarantees fast and regularupdates.

And much more to come

We are always improving Vortex, and you will never have to"upgrade" or make additional purchases for these features andimprovements.

App Information Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy

  • App Name
    Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy
  • Package Name
    vortex.planetarium.app.vortex
  • Updated
    July 27, 2015
  • File Size
    Undefined
  • Requires Android
    Android Varies with device
  • Version
  • Developer
    MagicTorch Software
  • Installs
    10,000 - 50,000
  • Price
    $2.99
  • Category
    Education
  • Developer
    Visit website Email [email protected] Privacy Policy
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  • Google Play Link

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Have you ever looked up at the night sky andgazed in wonder at it's beauty? How about in the comfort of yourown home!? Well now you can with Vortex Planetarium, one of themost feature complete planetariums on the Android Market.Combining simplicity and beauty with unrivalled features and power,let Vortex provide you with a stunning view of the night sky.FeaturesAugmented Reality (with camera support)Hold your device to the sky and see an accurate representation ofthe stars and planets. If your device has a rear facing camera,experience true augmented reality with our sky map overlayed ontothe real world! A unique experience not found in any other Androidplanetarium.LocationView the sky from any location - Use GPS, Network Provider or ourpowerful search feature to show you the night sky at your currentlocation, or even the other side of the world.Time sliderUsing our inovative time slider, you can see how the skies lookedat any point in time, with fine control over the abilty to rewind,or fast-forward time. Select an object and watch it's motion as itrises and falls.Huge object databaseWith over 20,000 objects to discover, you wont run out of things tosearch for! Included are* All major and minor planets in our Solar System including allmajor moons.* 88 constellations* 110 Messier objects* 109 Caldwell objects* Full Revised NGC-IC catalog (Over 14,000 objects)* More than 9000 stars* Meteor showersCombined with our powerful search, you will never be far away fromany one of these objects!Facts and figuresTo compliment the staggering number of objects available, we havemade available concise facts and information about the majority ofthem, with detailed ephemeris and figures for all. You will learnsomething new with each and every object in the sky!EventsDiscover, at the touch of a button, upcoming celestial events suchas eclipses, conjunctions, moon phases, season changes and muchmore. With the ability to add these events to your device calendaryou'll never miss these sometimes once in a lifetime eventsagain!What's up?With just one button press, see what objects of interest are in thenight sky right now!Highly configurableWith a bewildering number of configuration options, packaged in asimple to understand design, you can tailor Vortex to your exactneeds. Maybe the constellation art is too bright, no problem,adjust it's transparency, need to adjust the number of stars yousee to match the real night sky? No problem! We have pretty muchevery option covered, and if we don't, let us know why weshould!Beauty, speed & simplicityOur aim is to make sure Vortex Planetarium is easy to use,extremely powerful and look stunning.Vortex Planetarium has been optimised to run as fast and assmoothly as possible, no jerky movements when you zoom in onJupiter. We have not ported Vortex from iPhone, it's purely anAndroid product. This means we can focus on optimising for theplatform exclusively. This philosophy guarantees fast and regularupdates.And much more to comeWe are always improving Vortex, and you will never have to"upgrade" or make additional purchases for these features andimprovements.