Planetarium

Price: $2.99

Infomation

Category:
Education
By:
Core Coders Ltd
Version:
1.0
Released:
2009-04-09
Shared:
2009-04-30
Size:
2.5 MB
Download:
1981
Compatibility:

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Description

Amaze people when you show them a Planetarium in your pocket, all the planets, sun, moon and orbits are accurately displayed in full 3D.

See all the planets at the same time and fly between them smoothly using the planet selection buttons or why not take control and move freely around using the touch gestures.

Speed up time to see the Solar System come to life with all planets and moon rotating and orbiting. With simulated stars and Milky-way it will make you feel you are almost in space. Designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

FEATURES:
• All Planets visible.
• Smoothly fly around the entire solar system.
• Accurate Planet Axis Rotation, Tilt, Orbit around sun.
• Accurate Moon position.
• Time Controls (Reverse <<, Forward >>, Stop [], Real-Time > , Now X)
• Orbit Display
• Ecliptic Plane Displayed.
• UTC Time display.
• Goto Planet.
• Goto Solar System View.
• Full 3D Control using touch gestures.
• Cosmetic touches such as stars and Milky-way.
• Low power standby mode.

DEMONSTRATION:
Visit our You Tube channel for a demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/corecoders

REVIEW:
Check out the independent review of Planetarium:

http://www.appcraver.com/planetarium

QUICK USER GUIDE:
When Planetarium starts up it will position you facing the earth given the current time on your device. All the controls are accessed by simply taping the screen. Press a planet icon to goto the planet (set target), time controls allow reverse, stop, real-time, set now and forward. There are further custom view options on the settings tab.

Time Controls:
<< Reverse or Slow Forward
[] Stop Time
X Set Time to iPhone Clock (UTC)
> Real-Time (Time normal speed)
>> Forward or Slow Reverse

Positional Controls:
Move forward/back with the zoom/pinch gestures.
Move up/down/left/right with two finger drag.
Look left/right/up/down with single finger drag.
Rotate with two fingers.

FURTHER INFORMATION:
- Planets are 500x there real size to make observing much easier.
- Moon orbit is 20x distance from Earth.
- Sun is 50x its real size.
- Ecliptic grid is 1AU.
- Time display is UTC.

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Infomation

Category:
Education
By:
Core Coders Ltd
Version:
1.0
Released:
2009-04-09
Shared:
2009-04-30
Size:
2.5 MB
Download:
1981
Compatibility: