Star Chart and The Solar System - Explore your Backyard

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Star Chart
Star Chart Description
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.

Star Chart Solar Tour

Star Chart available only iOS, Android, Amazon, Windows Phone and Windows 8.

Website:
http://www.escapistgames.com/getsc.html
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/star-chart/6df7e745-782f-44e7-b408-6259a8da6a7f

The Solar System - Explore your Backyard
The Solar System - Explore your Backyard Description
“The Solar System: Explore Your Backyard” is an interactive educational tool designed from the ground up to make the experience of learning about the universe around us more intuitive and fun. Visualizing the world around us is much more impacting than reading about it in a book. Knowledge is power, but understanding that knowledge is essentials.

This interactive 3D model of our Solar System allows you to control time and fly between the planets, sun and constellations with the tap of a finger. Zoom in for more detailed including the planets Orientation, its cross section or a visualization of the planets gravitational well.

The Solar System - Explore your backyard

Available only Windows and iPad.

Website:
http://www.explorethesolarsystem.com/Explore_The_Solar_System.html