Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy

Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy$2.99

Rated 4.40/5 (432) —  Free Android application by MagicTorch Software

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About Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and gazed in wonder at it's beauty? How about in the comfort of your own home!? Well now you can with Vortex Planetarium, one of the most feature complete planetariums on the Android Market.

Combining simplicity and beauty with unrivalled features and power, let Vortex provide you with a stunning view of the night sky.

Features

Augmented Reality (with camera support)

Hold your device to the sky and see an accurate representation of the stars and planets. If your device has a rear facing camera, experience true augmented reality with our sky map overlayed onto the real world! A unique experience not found in any other Android planetarium.

Location

View the sky from any location - Use GPS, Network Provider or our powerful search feature to show you the night sky at your current location, or even the other side of the world.

Time slider

Using our inovative time slider, you can see how the skies looked at any point in time, with fine control over the abilty to rewind, or fast-forward time. Select an object and watch it's motion as it rises and falls.

Huge object database

With over 20,000 objects to discover, you wont run out of things to search for! Included are

* All major and minor planets in our Solar System including all major moons.
* 88 constellations
* 110 Messier objects
* 109 Caldwell objects
* Full Revised NGC-IC catalog (Over 14,000 objects)
* More than 9000 stars
* Meteor showers

Combined with our powerful search, you will never be far away from any one of these objects!

Facts and figures

To compliment the staggering number of objects available, we have made available concise facts and information about the majority of them, with detailed ephemeris and figures for all. You will learn something new with each and every object in the sky!

Events

Discover, at the touch of a button, upcoming celestial events such as eclipses, conjunctions, moon phases, season changes and much more. With the ability to add these events to your device calendar you'll never miss these sometimes once in a lifetime events again!

What's up?

With just one button press, see what objects of interest are in the night sky right now!

Highly configurable

With a bewildering number of configuration options, packaged in a simple to understand design, you can tailor Vortex to your exact needs. Maybe the constellation art is too bright, no problem, adjust it's transparency, need to adjust the number of stars you see to match the real night sky? No problem! We have pretty much every option covered, and if we don't, let us know why we should!

Beauty, speed & simplicity

Our aim is to make sure Vortex Planetarium is easy to use, extremely powerful and look stunning.

Vortex Planetarium has been optimised to run as fast and as smoothly as possible, no jerky movements when you zoom in on Jupiter. We have not ported Vortex from iPhone, it's purely an Android product. This means we can focus on optimising for the platform exclusively. This philosophy guarantees fast and regular updates.

And much more to come

We are always improving Vortex, and you will never have to "upgrade" or make additional purchases for these features and improvements.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy version 1.4.8 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: vortex.planetarium.app.vortex, download Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy.apk

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Paid
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Android
4.1+
Bug
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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Critical fixed for pre-Marshmallow crash caused by Oreo fix.
Removed unnecessary permissions.
Price update  Price changed from $2.48 to $2.99.
Version update Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy was updated to version 1.4.8
Price update  Price changed from $2.99 to $2.48.
Name changed  Name changed! Vortex Planetarium now is known as Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy.

What are users saying about Vortex Planetarium - Astronomy

Y70%
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Breath taking visually, is there a help file I could download to help me learn how to use it?

U70%
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Consistently enjoyable - I keep coming back to it.

Y70%
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Awesome works great

Z70%
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OH WOW! This app puts every other similar app I have tried to shame! Rarely are you so blown away by an app that you remain mesmerized and captured by it...aside from addictive games....THIS APP DOES THAT, AND TEACHES AT THE SAME TIME. My new favorite app of all time!

Y70%
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App no longer works after I upgraded to the latest OS Oreo on the Pixel XL

Y70%
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Good stuff, camera in the live mode is a nice feature that not all of these applications have ...

Q70%
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It wouldn't install

Y70%
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Really puts everything into a beautiful perspective

Y70%
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Really good App

M70%
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Thanks to Vortex, I'll never know sleep, again! Though my head and phone may be permanently aimed at the night sky, my neck may be permanently cricked and my eyes may be bloodshot from staying up all night, dang, is this cool! What a time to be an amateur astronomer!

Q70%
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Content is good, but it doesn't actually display what is in front of the phone. You have to look around by scrolling.

M70%
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Best star APP

S70%
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Really enjoy it

P70%
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Awesome

P70%
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Awesome

B70%
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OH WOW! This app puts every other similar app I have tried to shame! Rarely are you so blown away by an app that you remain mesmerized and captured by it...aside from addictive games....THIS APP DOES THAT, AND TEACHES AT THE SAME TIME. My new favorite app of all time!

N70%
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It is very useful in teaching astronomy( for an older version june 2013). Since I am asked to rate it again, then it would be the same 5 stars. It just keep on improving ( as it is supposed to be) for a smoother experience. Keep up the good work guys. Sept 17, 2015.

N70%
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Amazing app...blows my mind

N70%
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Excellent

N70%
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Great

N70%
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Dazzling

L70%
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Really enjoy it

Z70%
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Became totally useless after update to lollipop

Y70%
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Hasn't been updated for 2 years.

Y70%
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Only bought this because it had weather updates but they don't seem to work for me, WEATHER STILL DOESN'T WORK

D70%
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Not as good as Stellarium, but pretty good none the less. To confused and jumbled on the screen.

M70%
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Only bought this because it had weather updates but they don't seem to work for me

D70%
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I really like this app. As a casual observer of the night sky, this app provides me with loads of information & helps me identify objects I don't know! Great work from the devs.

D70%
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I like it

M70%
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Like it!

V70%
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Android L compatibility issue

D70%
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Easy to tell if object is visible or hidden from your position.

D70%
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Excellent! I would love to see INDI telescope control added (there's already a Java library to implement this, "INDI for Java").

D70%
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Perfect!

U70%
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Quirky

D70%
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Awesome.

T70%
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Well designed and easy to use, with informative and clear imagery.

D70%
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Great in depth features for a true amateur with lots of good and useful information. Much better that the barebones one that are free.

D70%
by D####:

Well designed and excellent features. Been using for a long time and appreciate the continual improvements.

T70%
by T####:

Love this app. Seriously doubt you'll find a star mapping app better! A stargazer's must.


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