Star Hoppers

Star Hoppers Free App

Rated 4.27/5 (550) —  Free Android application by Hong Kong Space Museum

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About Star Hoppers

Star Hoppers integrates the Chinese and Western star charts with information of astronomical events and related activities while telling the stories of constellations to you with its audio recordings.

With its digital star chart, you will find that people from the ancient Chinese and Western cultures created different constellation and asterism system due to their different associations with the stars. The star chart has 3 different operation modes: the Virtual Reality (VR) mode simulates the star field according to the location and orientation data obtained from the device to help you identify celestial objects and constellations; the Augmented Reality (AR) mode marks the celestial objects, constellations and asterisms on your camera image in real-time by employing the augmented reality technology; the Manual (M) mode allows you to navigate the star chart at will. Tapping on any constellations, planets, the Sun, Moon or Three Enclosures and Twenty-eight Mansions, you can listen to the recorded stories of the constellations or celestial objects.

Star Hoppers also introduces the basics of stargazing to promote the proper manner of stargazing as well as to help the novice to identify the constellations.

You may also select the Calendar function to receive the latest information of various astronomical events and activities provided by the Hong Kong Space Museum. You may use the Share function with third party apps to invite your friends to join the activities and share the fun of stargazing with you!

Features of the app:
* Help users to learn and identify celestial objects and constellations with the realtime generated digital star chart at any locations in the world.
* Display unique ancient Chinese star chart with the complete ancient Chinese asterism system including the Three Enclosures, twenty-eight lunar mansions and more.
* Playback more than 200 bilingual audio recordings of basic information of celestial objects and asterisms in the Western and ancient Chinese cultures.
* Employ augmented reality technology to label celestial objects and constellations on your screen instantaneously when you point the camera of your mobile device to the sky.
* Provide the latest news on the coming Hong Kong Space Museum events such as astronomical films, lectures, stargazing activities etc.
* Share astronomical events and activities information to your friends easily and invite them to join with you.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Star Hoppers version 1.2.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 50,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: gov.hkspm.android.hk, download Star Hoppers.apk

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App History & Updates

Version update Star Hoppers was updated to version 1.2.0
More downloads  Star Hoppers reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
More downloads  Star Hoppers reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Star Hoppers was updated to version 1.0.1

What are users saying about Star Hoppers

C70%
by C####:

Nice

U70%
by U####:

South Africa is not on the list of countries. GPS seems not to be working as well. It keeps on showing a

T70%
by T####:

其餘都很好

T70%
by T####:

Good app

V70%
by V####:

The was not working with my mate 7

Z70%
by Z####:

On my Samsung Tabpro

Z70%
by Z####:

Thank you for making this app!!♡♡♡

Z70%
by Z####:

Interesting

Z70%
by Z####:

It's a very nice app but unfortunately the options icon (lower left hand corner) can no longer pop up for selection after I upgraded my phone to Android 5. Hope the developer can update this rare gem!

Y70%
by Y####:

keep up working and get more information.

Z70%
by Z####:

The toggling icons at the bottom left corner are displayed in a mess. Using Sony Z3 Compact with Android 5.1.1

A70%
by A####:

4 thumbs up

Z70%
by Z####:

uninstall it right away to avoid frustration

T70%
by T####:

Best app for star gazing!

T70%
by T####:

Good app

T70%
by T####:

I really love what this provides! I just wish it would work...

M70%
by M####:

With Chinese Traditional star map *0*

N70%
by N####:

VR mode doesn't work after update

M70%
by M####:

中文星圖正到爆。。但真係Lag 到爆。。

M70%
by M####:

I keep looking up for HIM who will come again !!!

Z70%
by Z####:

不嬲用開google sky, 而家有一個屬於中文既觀星app, 真係好. 個app有好多資訊俾大家了解, function亦充足. 唯一有樣野要題就係太sensitive, 令到個畫面好震 d字係咁郁 希望科學館能夠改善

Z70%
by Z####:

有中國古代星座,加本地天文資料,很有用。

Z70%
by Z####:

以前在iPhone 用開Star Walk,但在google play 只有個垃圾 Google Star Map.. 向太空館致敬!


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