Star Chart for Windows 8 and 8.1

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Category: Education
Published by: Escape Velocity Limited ?
Size: 606.8 MB
Supported processors: x64, x86, ARM
Language: English and 14 other languages ?
Learn more: Website & Support
Notes:
This major update brings Windows 8.1 features to Star Chart, and adds Meteor Showers as an upgrade. Key Win8.1 features include: - Continuous width resizing in snap view - Find anything from anywhere with our new integrated search function - Updated Live-Tiles and support for larger format Bug fixes: - Moon now shows the correct side with respect to the Earth (whooops!) - Star distances are now shown in the data box - On re-install Star Chart now auto detects and enables previous in-app upgrades.

Star Chart

Explore the wonders of the Solar System with Star Chart, the definitive star gazing and astronomy app. From our own star - the Sun, to the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn, Star Chart gives you a virtual window into the visible universe. With over 4 million installs Star Chart is used by educators, amateur astronomers, parents, children and curious minds alike. Make the most of your powerful Windows 8 Augmented Reality enabled device and hold it up to the sky. Star Chart will tell you exactly what you are looking at! Augmented Reality (AR) mode is available on tablets, laptops & devices with accelerometer and digital magnetometer sensors. Alternatively, explore the universe from the comfort of your desktop to learn about the wonders of our solar system and beyond. Visit the planets, explore their rings and moons, learn about the constellations, discover majestic Messier objects, and travel both forwards and backwards in time. Using state of the art GPS technology, an accurate 3D universe and the latest high-tech sensor functionality, Star Chart calculates – in real time - the current location of every star, planet and moon visible from Earth and shows you precisely where they are; even in broad daylight! Want to know what that bright star is called? Point your AR device at it – you might just find out it’s a planet! Want to know how the night sky appears to people on the other side of the earth? Well just point your AR device down! Want to know where your star sign is in the sky? Star Chart will tell you all this and much more. So point your Windows 8 AR device at the sky and see what's out there! ------------ Escape Velocity and Escapist Games will update Star Chart regularly, so please send us your feedback and feature requests to scwin@escapistgames.com Visit the Star Chart website: www.starchart.info Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/StarChart Follow Star Chart on Twitter: StarChartApp - twitter.com/StarChartApp

Features:

Explore our beautiful Planets, Moons, Rings, Satellites, Stars, Constellations, Messier objects and much much more
Just point and view. Your Windows 8 AR enabled device will open up a window into the visible universe.
Sit back and enjoy tours of all the planets, as Star Chart shows you views of our Solar System that you have never seen before.
Shift forwards and backwards in time by up to 10,000 years.
Control Star Chart with your Voice to 'fly-to', 'look at' & 'tour' night sky objects.
Track and explore Satellites including Hubble and the ISS.
Features all 88 constellations, with intricate constellation imagery based on the beautiful artwork by 15th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius.
Includes a complete re-mastered and high quality Messier catalogue of exotic deep sky objects.
Accurately depicts 120K stars up to magnitude +10, and unlock 18M stars with an in-app purchase
Share your beautiful screen captures, astronomical discoveries and night sky viewing with your friends, with the help of Windows 8 Share.
Select anything in the sky and get facts on what you are looking at, including distance, brightness and exact position in the sky.
Very powerful zoom function lets you view the sky in extra detail.
Fully configurable. Star Chart displays only the sky objects that you are interested in.
Allows you to view the sky underneath the horizon, so now you can see where the sun is even at night!
Manually set your location to find out what the sky looks like from anywhere in the world.
A powerful and dynamic search function lets you search the entire night sky, utilising the new Windows 8 Search
Supports dynamic device orientation viewing. Allows you to view the night sky with your Windows 8 screen at any angle.

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690 comments

27 June 2016

Highly recommend

30 May 2016

This app will show some videos about some planet and show all the stars and other things it also shows the English horoscopes.

17 May 2016

It gives a nice overview of the solar system, the stars and some galaxies. I could have done without the astrological stuff but if it fits in the app, I don't mind.

15 May 2016

I bought this today and it wont even start after 2 hours of downloading and paying for a program that wont work a refund is demanded back since this last install on three other systems it works on them now will it work on my surface RT

25 April 2016

I've had this for a while now. It's a good educational tool. Good for star parties. The kids can pick out an object in the sky , then we can find out what it is , how far away, and more. It helps explain why the object moves in the telescope. In one view it is demonstrated very well as the object moves across the screen, while the coordinates tick away in real time. Be ready to start tracking with your mouse when you zoom in because it moves out of view pretty quick. The more zoom the faster it moves, just like in a real scope. Get this app. Have fun.