{"id":268,"date":"2013-02-01T19:46:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T19:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctl.mesacc.edu\/blooms\/?p=268"},"modified":"2013-02-01T19:46:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T19:46:39","slug":"star-walk-hd-5-stars-astronomy-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctl.mesacc.edu\/crossroads\/star-walk-hd-5-stars-astronomy-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Walk\u2122 HD &#8211; 5 Stars Astronomy Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star Walk HD is the most beautiful stargazing app you\u2019ve ever seen on a mobile device. It will become your interactive astro guide to the night sky, following your every movement in real-time and allowing you to explore over 200, 000 celestial bodies with extensive information about stars and constellations that you find.<\/p>\n<p>***Over 10 million users! Winner of Apple Design Award 2010***<br \/>\n***No In-App Purchases***<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStar Walk is a remarkably in-depth and detailed astronomy app. There&#8217;s so much you can do with this app\u201d &#8211; Common sense media<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStar Walk is the best stargazing application I have come across for the iPhone. Many of the features found within the application cannot be found in any others! This is one of the best developed and executed applications I have seen to hit the app store.\u201d &#8211; iMore<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis app brings the old paper star chart into the smartphone age, and makes exploring the night sky easily accessible to everyone.\u201d &#8211; Soggy Astronomer<\/p>\n<p>Duran Duran&#8217;s keyboard Nick Rhodes mentions Star Walk as his favorite app:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s brilliant, and if you\u2019re ever somewhere with a clear sky and no light pollution, it\u2019s a revelation. It\u2019s beautifully designed and makes clever use of the available technology. I\u2019m fascinated by astronomy, but even if you\u2019re not, give this a go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Star Walk HD now works with Apple Watch to alert you of upcoming astronomical events.<\/p>\n<p>Key features:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Night sky map with thousands of stars, constellations and other sky objects<br \/>\n&#8211; Real time celestial bodies tracking<br \/>\n&#8211; Augmented reality view<br \/>\n&#8211; Night mode<br \/>\n&#8211; Extensive information about celestial bodies<br \/>\n&#8211; The ability to travel in time with \u201cTime machine\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Astronomical calendar with various celestial events<br \/>\n&#8211; Stunning space pictures in \u201cPicture of the Day\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; A wealth of information on the amount of daylight, phase of the moon, and visibility of the planets in \u201cSky Live\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Launch the app and point your iPhone at the night sky, you&#8217;ll see the stars, planets, satellites,  and constellations in their proper place from your location. As you move your device, the star map updates in real time. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Every object you tap has an (i) next to its name, tap it to access information.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A scale on right is the \u201cTime machine\u201d, slide it to explore the map of the night sky of tomorrow or years ago. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A calendar of celestial events will make sure you never miss anything interesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tap Augmented Reality icon in the upper right corner to add the image from your camera to your sky view. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Use Night Mode to go easy on your eyes and preserve night vision when exploring the Universe. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Star Walk HD is your personal planetarium. Project to a big screen with no picture quality loss. <\/p>\n<p>Star Walk HD is something you will definitely\u200b enjoy.<br \/>\nStart your stargazing experience now! <\/p>\n<p>Links:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/vitotechnology.com\/star-walk.html<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StarWalkApp<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarWalk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by StarWalk<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Walk HD is the most beautiful stargazing app you\u2019ve ever seen on a mobile device. 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