Readability at daytime
Nice program with a lot of facts. But needs better readability at daytime Blue on black is hard for an old man, even with a magnifying glass!
Description
Distant Suns: The night sky, reimagined.
2013 finalist in the Family category of TabTimes' best tablet app contest;
"I am putting together some mobile astronomy apps for our local "Sky's the Limit" Observatory in Twentynine Palms, CA. I have been searching for something as good as, or better than, Distant Suns. Short answer: I have not found it yet. ...nothing portrays the night sky as well as Distant Suns.
Distant Suns has been your personal guide to the cosmos since 1985. First on the desktop, now right in your hands. While others play games, you can travel to the stars.
Award-winning Distant Suns has the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy apps for casual sky watchers as well as serious astronomers.
•Named in the "100 Essential Apps" by iLounge
•Featured on NPR's MarketPlace
Features include:
•No Internet required. Just a sense of wonder.
•View from the Earth or out in the solar system
•Simply aim and gaze.
•Over 18 million pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand (18 mil? Yup.)
•Integrated with NASA's Night Sky Network space events in your area (US only at present)
•What's Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of the evening's sky
•Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
•Stories behind each constellation
•Viewpoint Lock keeps any object centered
•Current weather patterns on the earth, updated daily
•Change the look of the stars
•Galaxies, nebula and star clusters
•Hubble Space Telescope images
•All 8 planets (or 9 for you purists)
•GPS aware
•Special color mode preserves your night vision.
•Touch the sky to reveal hidden data for each object
•Planetary data and information
First Light is a proud member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers with family-friendly apps.
Twitter: @distantsuns
Support: www.distantsuns.com
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2013 finalist in the Family category of TabTimes' best tablet app contest;
"I am putting together some mobile astronomy apps for our local "Sky's the Limit" Observatory in Twentynine Palms, CA. I have been searching for something as good as, or better than, Distant Suns. Short answer: I have not found it yet. ...nothing portrays the night sky as well as Distant Suns.
Distant Suns has been your personal guide to the cosmos since 1985. First on the desktop, now right in your hands. While others play games, you can travel to the stars.
Award-winning Distant Suns has the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy apps for casual sky watchers as well as serious astronomers.
•Named in the "100 Essential Apps" by iLounge
•Featured on NPR's MarketPlace
Features include:
•No Internet required. Just a sense of wonder.
•View from the Earth or out in the solar system
•Simply aim and gaze.
•Over 18 million pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand (18 mil? Yup.)
•Integrated with NASA's Night Sky Network space events in your area (US only at present)
•What's Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of the evening's sky
•Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
•Stories behind each constellation
•Viewpoint Lock keeps any object centered
•Current weather patterns on the earth, updated daily
•Change the look of the stars
•Galaxies, nebula and star clusters
•Hubble Space Telescope images
•All 8 planets (or 9 for you purists)
•GPS aware
•Special color mode preserves your night vision.
•Touch the sky to reveal hidden data for each object
•Planetary data and information
First Light is a proud member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers with family-friendly apps.
Twitter: @distantsuns
Support: www.distantsuns.com
In-Apps
- Hubble Guide Star Catalog
- 9,00 kr
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User Rating
4.5 out of 5
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Distant Suns 5 Reviews
Perfect
I love this app!
Bra!!
Om den är riktig är det den bästa appen som finns..!!!
Must have for skywatchers
This was one of the first apps I bought for the iPhone, and it has improved with every new version. The iPad version is one level up of course, because of the larger screen, and the interface is very very nice. *The* star/planet software to get for iOS.
Super!
Perfekt referens.
Brilliant
Improves on the already great version 2. I have nothing to complain about. Works great, looks great, and has every feature I can think of. If you are any interested in astronomy at all this app is a must have.
Still my Favorite
I’ve been using Distant Suns since the Amiga days. Still my go-to app for star gazing.
syncing services don't work
Although I am very much signed in to iCloud the application will not recognize that and as a result won't sync properly. Crashes after toggling permissions in settings. This becomes permanent. After uninstalling and reinstalling the application no longer presents anything but a blackscreen after the tutorial is finished. This is perhaps what others are running into as well. iPad Pro 12.9" 5th Gen. iOS 15.5 This is super disappointing, but I understand your best. We had DS on Mac OS 7.5 in the 90s and it was largely responsible for my unending fascination with the cosmos. How do you look at the solar system or other objects from different angles? That was one of the best and most important features of the early Distant Sun Programs.
Now it just crashes.
I have owned Distant Suns apps for many, many years. It used to be really awesome. In recent years I have had several problems with Distant Suns Max (Now Distant Suns 5, I guess). I have tried to contact the developer but never gotten a reply. Now it won’t even open on my iPad. It just crashes. I tried deleting the app and re-downloading; no change. I need to find another astronomy app. IPad Pro 10.5 inch, iPadOS 14.5.1
Used to be one of my favorite apps
I first downloaded Distant Suns in 2008 for my iPhone 3G, and it was mind-blowing. I’ve been using it on and off since then. However, the app has become nearly unusable lately. It doesn’t start off in AR/compass mode, and tapping on a constellation or a star simply doesn’t work anymore. I couldn’t even use it on Sirius! Developer, please update and fix this app so it works properly on the latest version of iOS.
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App Info
- Category
- Education
- Publisher
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Mike Smithwick
- Languages
- English
- Recent release
- 5.0.5 (1 month ago )
- Released on
- Apr 1, 2010 (14 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Russia, Germany, Mexico, China, Switzerland, Austria, France, Norway, New Zealand, Greece, South Korea, Japan, India, Ireland, Portugal, Chile, Belgium, Brazil, Sweden, Singapore, Türkiye, Taiwan, Vietnam, Romania, Poland, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Argentina, Colombia, Czechia, Israel, Indonesia, Hungary, Hong Kong SAR China, Finland, Malaysia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Nigeria
- Last Updated
- 4 days ago
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