APP OF THE DAY
Night Sky
Night Sky
Stargazing Guide to the Sky
Want to explore the stars but don’t have a spaceship handy? With a map of 1.7 billion stars in its database, Night Sky is one of the most comprehensive stargazing apps out there.
What we love: Point your iPhone or iPad towards the heavens to see each constellation – complete with a drawing of its namesake from Greek mythology – overlaid above. Night Sky also highlights planets, satellites, the International Space Station (ISS) and celestial events – and provides details on light pollution and cloud coverage near you.
Quick tip: Night Sky brings the solar system to you with augmented reality (AR). View a model of each planet (and its moons) in your home or classroom – and walk around them as though you’re wandering through an enormous diorama. Or launch AR-powered Planetary Portals to see what it’s like on the surface of other planets.
Meet the creator: Developer iCandi Apps was founded by Andy Weekes, a former music educator whose love of sharing knowledge led to his business’s biggest success, Night Sky. “To have gone from being a teacher in a single school to creating an app that is educating millions of people is phenomenal,” he says.