Star Charts by Wil Tirion 4+

Name: Star Charts by Wil Tirion
Price: 3.99 EUR
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Astrovisuals

Astrovisuals

Conçu pour iPad

- 5,0 • 1 note

- 3,99 €

Description

These are serious Star Charts! Not a planetarium-type app suitable for beginners, but rather a very detailed series of charts of the night sky for observers using binoculars or a telescope. Prepared by famous celestial cartographer Wil Tirion, they present the entire sky in the form of 18 charts, 16 covering the equatorial region of the sky (8 each side of the celestial equator) and one for each of the Polar Regions.

Features include:
* Stars down to sixth magnitude; double and variable stars included.
* All Messier objects, plus many NGC and IC catalogue objects.
* Auto detection of your location and presentation of the chart containing the sky directly overhead.
* Choice of positive charts (white on black, recommended to preserve night vision) or negative (black on white – easier to read and better for daytime use.)
* Charts can shown north up or south up to match your location.
* Search charts by constellation or major star name.

Basic default maps show constellation names, constellation lines and major star names only.
Extra layers can be added to reveal:
* Constellations boundaries for all 88 constellations.
* Grid lines and co-ordinates for every hour of Right Ascension and 10º of Declination.
* Star numbers and deep sky object names.

14 oct. 2016

Version 1.3

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Updated for iOS10

5,0 sur 5

1 note

Un must

Une référence pour les astronomes amateurs.

A améliorer

Effectivement ce sont les cartes célestes de Will Tirion dont les éditions papier se font rares.
Mais ici le zoom est très limité et il n'y a pas d'interactivité avec la carte affichée (autant dire que l'ipad ne sert pas à grand chose et est réduit presque au stade de simple viewer type cadre photo).
En attente d'amélioration

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