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BBC Stargazing Live: Stargazing on Your Mobile STARGAZING ON YOUR MOBILE If you have a smartphone, there are many apps out there which will really help you get the most from your stargazing. Some you can take out stargazing with you and use them to help you find and identify objects in the sky, others will give you a close up view of the Moon or the planets of the Solar System. There are even apps which will let you see the structure of our galaxy the Milky Way, and journey to the very edges of the observable universe. There are hundreds of apps available for a variety of phones, with many more being released all the time. In this guide we have explored a few of them as a taste to get you started! APP GUIDE MOON GLOBE DEVELOPER: FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND MidnightMartian YoucanspintheMoonwithyourfingerand zoominoroutbypinchingthescreenwithyour DEVICE TYPE(S): thumbandforefinger. iPhone/iPad Alongthebottomofthescreenyoucantapthe centrebuttontoswitchbetweenmarkingsfor PRICE: ‘Terrain’,‘Spacecraft’and‘Measurement’.The Free(£0.69forHighDefinitionversion) firstoftheseshowsyouthenamesofvarious cratersand‘seas’ontheMoon.Thesecond showsyouthelandingsitesofroboticand WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? mannedspacecraftsuchastheApollo The Moon is accessible to everyone without missions.Finally,‘Measurement’givesyouan the use of binoculars or a telescope, but this ideaofthesizeofthefeaturesthatyouare app gives you a view of the Moon that you lookingat. will never see from Earth. Using images from the spacecraft Clementine that Thelowerleftbuttonswitchesmodesbetween photographed the Moon from only 400km viewingtheMoonfromspaceandatelescope above its surface, Moon Globe is a full 3D viewfromEarth.Thearrowsleftandrightallow version of the Moon for you to play with. youtobrowsebackthroughfeaturesyou’ve alreadylookedat,similartothe‘history’function ofaninternetbrowser.Thelowerrightbutton bringsyoutoOptionsandmoreinformation. BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012 App guide – Moon Globe|01 TRY THIS OUT! SOMETHING SIMILAR: SeehowtheMoonwillchangeoverthenextfew For Android devices: MoonMaps–asimilar nightsasviewedfromEarth. freeappwhichallowsyoutobrowsethesurface ofthemoon.Costsaccurateattimeofprint. ● Use thelowerleftbuttontoswitchto telescopeview.Atthetopofthescreenyou willseethedateandtime GET INVOLVED! TheMoonmaybeacloseneighbourbut ● Nowtapthedateandslideyourfingeracross astronomersarestillworkingtowardscreating thedatestomovebackorforwardthrough ever-moredetailedmapsofitssurface.Youcan time.Youshouldseehowthepartsofthe helpbymarkingcratersandunusualfeaturesin MoonilluminatedbytheSunchangeovertime theonlineproject,MoonZoo.Youmighteven ● Moving yourfingerfurtheralongthelistwill stumbleacrossimagesoftheApollolanding accelerateyoufasterthroughtime.Pressthe sitesinwhichyoucanseetheleft-overlanders green‘now’buttontoreturnbacktoyour androvers! currenttimeanddate.IftheMoonisup, www.moonzoo.org gooutandcheckwhichfeaturesyou’re lookingat! MORE FEATURES: ● While inspaceview,spintheMoonaround andtrytocatchaglimpseofEarthasthe Apolloastronautswouldhavedoneontheir fantasticvoyages ● Use theOptionsbuttononthelowerright tosearchforfamouscratersandfindout moreaboutthem ● Hold yourfingerdownonanyMooncrater tobringupweblinks,itsexactposition anddiameter ● Use theskycompassintelescopeviewtosee therelativepositionsoftheSunandtheMoon atyourchosentime BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012 App guide – Moon Globe|02 APP GUIDE EXOPLANET DEVELOPER: FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND Themainpagegivesyouamenuwithanumber HannoRein ofoptionstoexplore.Thetopright-handcorner DEVICE TYPE(S): ofthemenushowsthelatestnumberofcurrently discoveredexoplanets,whichrefreshesevery iPhone/iPad timeyouupdatetheapp. PRICE: There’saDatabasewithawealthofinformation Free(£0.69foradditionalgalaxydata) foreachexoplanet,includingitssizeanddistance fromitsparentstar,withstarchartstohelpyou locateeachoneinthenightskyandweblinksto WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? theoriginalscientificresearchpapers. The number of planets orbiting our Sun may TheMilky Wayoptionisaninteractive3Dmap have fallen from nine to eight when tiny Pluto oftheentiregalaxyshowingeverystarknownto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, but haveplanetsorbitingaroundit,includingour since 1992 (with the first confirmed detection Sun.Touchthescreenandslideyourfingers of an exoplanet) the total number of known aparttozoominonastarandseeitsplanetsin planets in the universe has been going up and orbit,orpinchtozoomoutforaviewofthewhole up. Astronomers have found hundreds of MilkyWaytoseejusthowmanyplanetshave ‘exoplanets’ orbiting other stars in our Milky beendiscoveredsofar.Anupgradetotheapp Way galaxy. The discoveries are coming in (atanadditionalcost)allowsyouto‘buy’therest thick and fast and this app allows you to keep oftheuniverse,soyoucankeepzoomingoutto track of this exciting subject with information seeourneighbouringgalaxiesandeventhe about the exoplanets themselves, where they distantCosmicMicrowaveBackground. are in the galaxy and how astronomers have discovered them. BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012 App guide – Exoplanet|03 TRY THIS OUT! SOMETHING SIMILAR: CorrelationDiagramsisaninteractivefeature For Android devices:ExoplanetExplorer whichallowsyoutomakeyourowngraphsusing whichhassimilarfunctionsatacost. realexoplanetdata.Youcanplotplanetarymass againstorbitalradiustoseehowmanyEarth-like GET INVOLVED! worldshavebeendiscoveredsofarormakea Ifyouwanttojointhehuntformoreexoplanets, graphtoshowthenumberofnewplanets youcanhelpastronomersdiscoverbrandnew discoveredeachyear. worldsbyparticipatinginacitizenscience projectcalledPlanetHunters.Checkitouthere: MORE FEATURES: www.planethunters.org ● Exoplanet Newsgivesyouthelatest informationaboutnewplanetarydiscoveries andupdatestotheappitself ● Background Informationisabeginners’ guidetoexoplanets,withapottedhistoryof thesubjectandclearexplanationsofhow astronomersgoaboutdiscoveringplanets arounddistantstars BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012 App guide – Exoplanet|04 APP GUIDE SKY MAP DEVELOPER: FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND Google Thebasiclayoutdisplaysthesimulationacross thewholescreen,with‘pinch’gesturesallowing DEVICE TYPE(S): youtozoominandout,whileacollapsibleside menutogglesdisplayoptionsallowingyouto AndroidSmartphone/Tablet seeMessierobjects,planets,constellations PRICE: andmore. Free Furtheroptionsgivetheusertheabilitytoalter thetimeorlocation,ortoenter‘manualmode’ sotheviewdoesnotshiftautomaticallywiththe WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? phone’sposition.Thereisalsoahandynight Google Sky Map aims to turn your mobile modeallowingyoutousetheapplicationin phone into ‘a window on the night sky’. low-lightconditions,keepingglarefromthe The software uses your phone’s GPS and screentoaminimum. compass to display a simulation of the night sky in the direction to which the user is TRY THIS OUT! pointing the device, allowing you quickly to answer the question: ‘What’s that bright Ifyouknowthename/designationofanobject, star there?’. buthavenoideawhereitisinthenightsky,use thesearchmodetoselectthatobject. ● Pressthemenubuttononyourdeviceandhit searchorjustpressthesearchbuttononyour device(ifavailable) ● Nowtypeintheobjectyou’relookingfor.Let’s trylookingforthestarthatmakesuptheleft footoftheconstellationofOrioninthewinter sky:Rigel ● Nowapointerguideappearsthattellsyou wheretomoveyourphoneanditwillchange colourwhenyouareontarget.Don’tforgetto lookupandseeRigelforreal! ● Whynottrylookingforaplanet? BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012 App guide – Sky Map|05 MORE FEATURES: ● Time Control:Ifyouknowthetimeorplace thatyouwillnextbeabletoobservethenight sky,getapreviewofwhatwillbevisible.You canquicklyseewhattheskylookslikefrom anothercountry,orwhenastronautsfirstset footonthemoon! ● Image Gallery: Selectanimagefromthe Hubblegallery,andusetheoverlaidpointerto guideyoutowardstheobject.Thisallowsyou tohomeinonsomedeepspaceobjectsthat canotherwiseberathertrickytofind SOMETHING SIMILAR: For PC: GoogleSky,withagreatlyexpanded database,podcastsandmore. For iPhone/iPad:StarWalk BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012 App guide – Sky Map|06 APP GUIDE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY DEVELOPER: FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND ASTRA/NASA Themainpagegivesyouaccessto12different imagesinultravioletwavelengths.Byusing DEVICE TYPE(S): differentwavelengthstostudytheSun, astronomerscaninvestigatetransientfeatures AndroidSmartphone/Tablet atdifferentdepthsandworkoutmoreabout PRICE: theirstructuresandthephysicalprocesses atwork. Free Inthedropdownboxbeside‘View’,youcan viewthemagneticfieldmodelformostofthe WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? images.Magneticactivityfuelswhatwesee Want to see a star up close? Well here’s your onthesurfaceofthesun,includingsolarflares chance! Our nearest star, the Sun, is being andcoronalmassejections.The‘LatestVideo’ monitored constantly by a series of space optionshowstheawesomepowerofourstar telescopes and the latest to join the family is overthepastcoupleofdays. the Solar Dynamics Observatory. This app grants users access to the latest views of PressingthemenubuttononyourAndroid the Sun in tremendous detail, in both still devicegivesyouaccesstoalinktotheSDO and animated forms. Wikipediaentry,arefreshoption,shareimage optionandsaveimageoption. BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012 App guide – Solar Dynamics Observatory |07 TRY THIS OUT! MORE FEATURES: Here’showtosendsomeoneapictureofthe ● Set yourcustomimageoftheSunasthe latestactivityononepartoftheSun.Itcouldbe wallpaperonyourdevice ofarecenteruption,someloopingplasmaor ● Find outallyouneedtoknowabouttheSolar theghostlyglowoftheSun’satmosphere. DynamicsObservatoryanditsmissioninthe ● Choose thesecondimageonthesetof ‘Info’section imagesatthebottomofthescreen(AIA171). ● Watch thelastthreedaysofimagesasamovie Thisultravioletwavelength(17.1nanometres)
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