I tried several astronomy apps for my Kindle Fire before trying this one. It beat the others hands down. More stars and non-stellar targets than others. The interface, although a little non-intuitive works great. Allows a graphic display of changing seasons easily with the ability to change days while retaining a time of day. Great teaching tool for new or younger aspiring astronomers. Two locations make it easy to retain a home location while planning for a trip to another place.
It includes both Messier and Caldwell objects with pictures and descriptions and shows them nicely on the screen.
One minor problem (reported to author) displays the wrong date when selecting a meteor shower, but this is a truly small problem in an otherwise robust and easy to use program. A second minor problem is no night vision (dim red display) available at this time.
Please note that since the Kindle Fire has no GPS, several features that work well with a phone are not available on the Kindle Fire.
Distant Suns-Planetarium
Distant Suns: Unleash your inner astronaut
3.8 | 236 ratings
Price: 2.99
Last update: 07-15-2024
Latest updates
What's new in version 1.2.8- If update fails, or keeps prompting each day, try these steps:
- 1. Go to Settings, then Apps. If needed, select Manage All Applications.
- 2. Select Distant Suns.
- 3. Press Force Stop, if available.
- 4. Press Uninstall.
- 5. Go to your Library and re-install.
Product Details
Release Date: 2012
Date first listed on Amazon: May 12, 2012
Developed By: First Light Design, LLC
ASIN: B0085CI1VU
Customer reviews:
3.8 out of 5 stars237 customer ratings
3.8 out of 5 stars237 customer ratings
Developer info
- [email protected]
- http://www.distantsuns.com
- More apps by this developer
Product features
- Displays the evening's sky with over 130,000 stars
- Turns your Kindle into a little time-machine as you change the date and time to show the sky of the past or future
- Follow the moon through its phases, and the planets through their monthly dance
- Contains over 200 galaxies, nebula and star clusters, many within reach of binoculars
- Learn the stories behind each constellation
Product description
Distant Suns astronomy app is an award-winning hand-held planetarium with over 25 years of development, offering you a new way to look at the sky. Sporting over 130,000 stars, all 8 (or is it 9?) planets, the sun and moon, constellations, galaxies, nebula and star clusters, Distant Suns offers a gracefully visual respite from a busy day.While others play games, you can travel to the stars.
Unleash your inner astronaut today.
User Data Privacy
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Size: 31.3MB
Version: 1.2.8
Developed By: First Light Design, LLC
Application Permissions:
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- Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
- Open network sockets
- Read from external storage
- Access the vibration feature
- Write to external storage
Minimum Operating System: Android 2.2
Approximate Download Time: Less than 5 minutes
Top reviews from the United States
Kindle Customer
Great Astronomy App!
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012Sados
Fantastic but needs more recent updates
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2015Paula K. Riggs
Truly astounding.
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015RobertC823
Not worth it
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012Jaroslaw Kaczynski
User friendly, powerful, accurate planetarium.
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012gchuck58
Nice
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2012gulture
Entertaining & Educational!
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2012Cup of Joe
Does not image correctly
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2012