Astron chief Carole Jackson said: "This
sky map will be a wonderful scientific legacy for the future."
Sky Map for Android and Star Chart for iOS are both great ways to find stars, constellations and even planets in the night sky.
To this end, this study addresses this issue by investigating the students' learning achievement, task performance and the acceptance of technology in an astronomy course, where two similar types of observation tools, i.e., the
Sky Map and the Moon Finder, are compared.
For Android Phones, the marvellous (and free) Google
Sky Map is a brilliant way to navigate the night sky.
On Android, another free option is
Sky Map. This app uses Google's free star data, and its display acts as an interactive sky guide just as the other apps featured here do.
Finally, Google plans to open source
Sky Map, the Android application that uses GPS to show users constellations in the night sky.
The top ten appSmitten Android All Stars saw Pulse at number ten, followed by Tune Me, GasBuddy, Wi-Fi Finder, Google
Sky Map, Pocket Yoga, Where's My Car, TruxMap, Vlingo and Camscanner.
These are just a few of the celestial sights you can find on any clear evening from mid-November through early January using this
sky map. Here's how.
* The viewshed is then overlaid on a
sky map to calculate diffuse radiation.