Know the applications to see planets and stars

Contemplating the night sky is a wonderful experience, we can see planets and stars, fleeting stars, even passing satellites.

We can easily recognize the most well-known constellations, such as Orion. But we don't always know how to orient ourselves very well in the night sky.

For that reason, today we will show you some apps that will help you to contemplate the night sky, providing more information and guidance, which will provide you with a complete experience.

Applications to see the stars at night

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The applications that allow you to see them stars on the sky by night, show their names and locations, for a better visual experience.

Next, we bring you some applications that will help you to see the sky in a more complete and fun way.

Sky Chart

An application used by more than 15 million people around the world, which offers a unique experience to contemplate the night sky.

To use the application, just point the mobile device to the sky and the application will name what you are seeing. It uses the brújula, the GPS, the accelerometer and the gyroscope, and then it calculates the location of the planets and the stars in the field of vision, with much precision and in real time.

You can also meet them constellations of zodiac signs and how is the sky on the other side of the world.

Characteristics of the Carta Celeste application

• More than 120,000 stars with name;
• Solar system explorable in 3D;
• Las 88 constellations;
• Messier Catalog;
• meteor rain;
• Comets;
• Satellites;
• And other functions.

Stellarium – Star map

The Stellarium application shows exactly what a person sees when looking at it night sky. It can identify stars, constellations, planets, comets, satellites and other space objects, all in real time, just by pointing the phone to the sky.

The application's interface is minimalist and very easy to use and understand, being accessible to people with little digital training.

Among the features of Stellarium, we have:

• Precise simulation of the night sky, with the appearance of stars and planets according to the time, closing and location;
• Visualization of a large number of stars, nebulae, stellar clusters, galaxies and other objects from outer space;
• Enlarged image of the Milky Way;
• Possibility of seeing the night sky in other parts of the planet;
• Monitoring of artificial satellites;
• Simulation of the landscape and the atmosphere with realistic refraction of dawn and dusk;
• 3D representation of the planets of the solar system and their natural satellites;
• Possibility of observing the sky in night mode for a better adaptation of the eyes in the dark environment.
• The application has a free version and a paid version, which provides many other tools and possibilities for observing the night sky.

Solar Walk Lite

This app is an educational tool, with an interactive encyclopedia of the solar system, something unique on the market.

It is based on current physics and photographic data, providing incredible visual effects of planetary atmospheres, solar eruptions, auroras and asteroid belts, giving the user a unique experience of space.

El 3D planetary simulator it shows the planetary orbits, the movements of the sun, the eight planets of the Milky Way and its 20 moons, the dwarf planets, the asteroids, the comets and much more.

As features, it has:

• Realistic vision of space in real time;
• Information about each planet;
• Zoom of planetary objects;
• 3D models based on scientific data from NASA and ESA;
• Among others.