Amaya Toman You can use your iPhone for a variety of different purposes. One of them is observing the night sky. Probably only a few people are proficient enough in this direction to get by with their knowledge alone when learning the constellations. In such cases, one of the applications for watching the night sky, which we will present to you in our article today, will definitely come in handy.
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Sky View Lite
The SkyView Lite application is especially suitable for beginners. With its help, you can easily identify a number of celestial bodies that are above your head at that moment - just point your iPhone towards the sky. The application also offers an augmented reality mode or the option to set reminders, of course there is also a version for the Apple Watch and the option to place widgets on your iPhone's desktop. The SkyView Lite application works without any problems, but to be sure, please note that according to the data in the App Store, it was last updated a year ago.
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Download SkyView Lite for free here.
Skysafari
Although SkySafari is a paid application, for a relatively low price you get a whole range of great and interesting features. Similar to many other applications of this type, SkySafari also offers the possibility of identifying celestial bodies after pointing the iPhone towards the sky. Other features that this application offers include an interactive virtual encyclopedia, the possibility of using the augmented reality mode, up-to-date notifications of phenomena and events that are coming up, or maybe engaging information about mythology, history and other things.
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You can download the SkySafari application for 79 crowns here.
Night Sky
The Night Sky app is one of my favorites for watching the night sky. In addition to offering a variant for practically all Apple operating systems, including watchOS and tvOS, this application also provides you with a lot of features that you will definitely use when watching the night sky. These are, for example, augmented reality mode, a huge amount of interesting information, widgets, widgets or interesting quizzes. The possibility of tracking Starlink satellites has also been added.
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Download the Night Sky app for free here.
Star Chart
The Star Chart application offers you a variety of useful and comprehensive information about everything related to the night sky, its observation and the universe in a great looking user interface. Of course, there is also support for the augmented reality mode, the possibility of control with the help of gestures, or perhaps the possibility of quickly and easily switching between multiple time zones.
You can download the Star Chart app for free here.
Star Walk 2: The Night Sky Map
The Star Walk 2 app also offers a lot of great features for watching the night sky. Here you can find up-to-date information about what is happening in the sky above your head, but you can also find out about future events, look up comprehensive information about celestial bodies and much more. Star Walk 2 is free and contains quite a lot of ads, you can remove them for a one-time fee (currently 99 crowns in the promotion).
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