Have you ever looked up at the night sky, and wondered what exactly you were looking at? Pocket Universe is an easy-to-use app that will help you learn the names of constellations, bright stars, planets and more. You can literally hold up your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch in front of you, and the app will use the built-in compass to display the same view of the sky you see - but one that's complete with names and information.
Key Features
Pocket Universe was the first iPhone astronomy app to support the built-in compass, and it was also the first to add a true augmented reality view using the iPhone's built-in camera! Use the camera view in the evening or morning sky to overlay the labelled view over the real sky.
Simply hold up your iPhone in front of you, and the view will be exactly what you see - but with names and information at your fingertips. Move the iPhone around to see the view change in real-time. As previous iPhone models and the iPod Touch do not have a compass, the up/down movement is automatic, but you will need to drag the display left/right yourself. Note: If the compass doesn't align, press and hold on the compass button WHILE ALSO moving the device around. This procedure will be improved in the next update.
Easy-to-use astronomy application, which focuses on helping you answer the question "What's that in the sky?"
• Works on all iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices running iOS 5 (iOS 6 recommended) (hardware compass support required for automatic view updates)
• Tracks the International Space Station, and predicts sightings
• Special "Show Me" mode will guide you to named stars, planets, constellations as well as the brightest galaxies and nebulae.
• "Tonight's Sky" and "Objects and Events" will keep you up-to-date, and give you suggestions for what to look for when you head outside.
Constellation and Star Quiz to help you learn your way around the sky.
Works in Northern Hemisphere and ‘Down Under’ too.
• Links to Wikipedia articles for the latest information.
• Responsive customer support, frequent updates.
What's New
Pocket Universe has been around on various mobile devices since 1999. One of these days I might consider it finished - maybe around 2025? Who knows.. there's so much more to do! What would YOU like to see?
In the meantime, here’s the latest update.
* Bug: Corrected display of Moon phase key dates.
* Bug: Fixed crash in Objects/Events refresh code.
* Bug: Distance of Moon to Earth corrected.
* Bug: Tapping the map in Settings provides a location closer to reality, in portrait and landscape.
* User Interface: Tap-and-hold settings for quick access to Night sky mode.
* User Interface: Extra compass modes not displayed where there is no compass hardware.
* User Interface: The view is no longer reset when you visual settings are changed (hurrah).
* User Interface: Changed from Helvetica Neue Light to Regular, added new icons and buttons.
* User Interface: Rise/Set times are hidden on iPhone/iPod opening screen until touched, to de-clutter a little.
* User Interface: Some general improvements to legibility.
* Updated: Voyager is on a little break, making way for New Horizons.
* Updated: Congratulations to Neptune; a new moon has been discovered!
* Updated: Improved granularity of displayed star magnitudes.
* Updated: Improved rendering of large star catalog on non-Retina devices.
* Updated: Refreshed comet data.
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