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Summary

Twitter: distantsuns, lazyastronomer AIM : lazyastronomer Blogs : distantsuns.wordpress.com, thelazyastronomer.wordpress.com Now with compass support for iPhone 3GS. In 1987 Distant Suns first put the universe on your desktop. In 2009 it puts the universe in your shirt pocket. The world of astronomy was opened up first for Commodore Amiga users in 1987, making it one of most venerable software titles around. Sporting a database of thousands of stars, nebula and galaxies, Distant Suns has earned the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy programs available for the most casual sky watchers and serious astronomers alike. • http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/06/distant-suns-for-iphone-update-sky-no-longer-the-limit/ • 5 Stars from ituneappreview.com, http://www.ituneappreviews.com/2008/11/12/distant-suns.htm • 5 Stars in iphoneapplicationlist.com • 4 Stars from AppVee.co: http://www.appvee.com/t/distant-suns • http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk_iphone_starsmay02,0,7829171.story Features include: • Compass aware for the 3GS. Just aim at it a the sky and see what you're looking at! •Thousands of pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand •Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way •All 88 constellations with articles on their mythology •The Messier catalog of galaxies, nebula and star clusters •Dozens of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope •All 8 planets (Pluto is optional) •Sun and Moon •GPS aware •Red interface to preserve your night vision •What's Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of where all of the important stuff is •Landscape panoramas from observatories to ancient Greek ruins •Easy one-handed operation. •Point and Identify mode reveals a wealth of hidden data for each star, planet or deep-sky object •Planetary data and information The Universe just got, well...uh..."smaller."

copyrights 2009 Mike Smithwick