iStellar is a planetarium App that shows the starry sky seen from the place and time of your choice. It is optimized for Multi-Touch control, allowing you to operate intuitively; drag to move the star chart, pinch to zoom in and out, and so on.
The star chart can be rotated from portrait to landscape, and you can even fix the location via GPS (only for iPhone 3G).
FEATURES
- Over 16,000 star data, with name for 254 stars
- Twinkles like actual stars
- Simulates distortion (atmospheric refraction and extinction) at low altitude
- Displays the Sun, daylight, twilight, the Moon (with shape and phase), 8 planets, Pluto
- Shows name, line and picture for all constellations
- Milky Way with real tone
- Plots Messier objects and their names
- Comets with accurate position and magnitude. Data can be downloaded whenever available
- Meteor Shower Radiants
- Solar eclipse simulation with high accuracy
- Adjustable moonlight and light polution
- Landscape and azimuth / direction grid
- Beautiful animation (real-time, adjusted time, reversal)
- Simulates every second between 1 Jan 1900 to 31 Dec 2099
- Switches screen according to the device's orientation
- Zoom by pinching(3 to 180 degrees)
- Easy moving through the sky by dragging, and centering by double-tap
- Object Search function
- Free choice of location and time zone, instant setting with GPS
along with starwalk, this is my favorite application on my touch. i love it. i love the twinkling stars and the graphics. i just wish everything was antialiased for a smoother look - but it's an amazing app anyway. one of the rare ones i use just about every day, if only out of curiosity!
Beautiful as well as useful
"The Doctor"
This App wins full marks for its visual appearance, especially the twinkle of brighter stars. I love the ability to activate the images for the constellations and have them appear as you center in on each one. The drawings are clear and beautiful! The addition of being able to download the orbital elements for current comets proved to be highly accurate and handy as I observed Comet Lulin with my telescope during its journey through our Solar System. This is the only astronomical software that I have found so far for the iTouch with this ability. I also use this App when teaching about constellations during public observing sessions. Very well done. I do wish that we could select the whole sky, thereby allowing the user to explore the southern constellations as well. I hope that this feature will be added soon, then I can add the other rating-star!
Well done
wolfgangcat
Visually beautiful display. Might not be enough technical "stuff" for some, but it is a lovely view of the stars and planets in your pocket.
Fixed an issue where data was not reflected immediately after comet orbital element data was downloaded.
Fixed UI issue with iOS 15.
Version 2.9.6
The developer, AstroArts Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More