Description
The "Exoplanet App" is a visual database of all discovered extrasolar planets. It has been developed and is maintained by a professional astronomer. Financial support from the Royal Astronomical Society is greatly appreciated.
Main features:
* Database with physical parameters of every known exoplanet.
* Interactive visualisations and animations.
* Real images of all directly imaged exoplanets
* Interactive 3D plot shows the position of all exoplanets in our Milky Way. You can zoom into any planetary system. Or zoom out and see local galaxy clusters and the microwave background.
* Push notifications are sent out whenever a new planet is discovered.
* Interactive multi-touch correlation plots.
* Twitter integration (requires iOS 5).
* Native support for the new iPad's Retina display.
* Extensive background information on exoplanets and detection methods.
* Direct links to over 50.000 scientific publications
Feel free to send any comments and suggestions to exoplanet@hanno-rein.de
You can also follow exoplanet announcements and updates on http://twitter.com/ExoplanetApp
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Features:
* Physical properties of all detected exo-planets and their host stars, updated on a daily basis
* Links to over 50.000 scientific publications (via NASA ADS)
* Easily search and filter the database
* Real telescope images of the host star
* Visualisations of the orbits and the habitable zone
* Interactive 3D size comparison to planets of our own solar system
* Animation of the detection method (radial velocity/transit)
* Sky charts of the planet's position in the night sky including constellations
* 3D visualisation of the position of all exoplanets in the galactic coordinate system
* Animations of the orbital motion of all planetary systems
* Correlation diagrams can be created on the fly
* Screen mirroring to an external display (requires iPad 2)
* Backwards compatible to iOS 3.1.3
* High resolution graphics for the iPhone4's Retina display
* Push notifications (can be turned off at any time in the Settings App)
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You might also like the Kepler app which lists all unconfirmed extrasolar planets candidates from the Kepler mission.
What's New in Version 7.1
* Native support for the new iPad's Retina display.
* Performance improvements.
* 'Restore Purchases' button added.
* Added stellar mass to correlation plots.
* Second tap on locate-button in Milky Way view stops animation.
* Fixed a bug related to Voyager spacecraft trails.
* Minor bug fixes.
Customer Reviews
The best astronomy app I have used.
Totally awesome!
Amazing!
Absolutely astounding. I am blown away with this app. The scales shown are incredible and so smoothly done. If you have an interest in anything Universe...buy the in app £0.69 galaxy to cosmic microwave background upgrade...if you have not seen or thought about the scales before you should be impressed and awe struck.
Stability:
Crashed once after spending only 5 minutes looking, but seems to be mostly stable on my iPad 3rd gen. up till now.
What I would like to see added:
Ability to show star and planet actual sizes...scaled correctly.
"star size" option didn't do what I thought it would...in fact, I haven't discoveredvwhatbthatbdoes yet if anything as I couldn't see any changes :)
Show actual speed of planets moving...not just sped up....couldn't see option.
Awe inspiring..
Truly stunning. Captures the magnificence and wonder of not just the Milky Way but the whole observable universe in a way that is hard to believe until you experience yourself. A must have for all those that love astronomy, or if you want to inspire your children.
- Free
- Category: Education
- Updated: 29 March 2012
- Version: 7.1
- Size: 15.1 MB
- Language: English
- Developer: Hanno Rein
- © 2011 Hanno Rein
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.
Top In App Purchases
- Galaxy Clusters and CMB£0.69
- Ad Free Version£0.69
