Exploring Clocks, Calendars & the Universe with Gorgeous Cosmic Watch App
The Cosmic Watch app renders the Earth, solar system and celestial sphere as a beautiful 3D graphic that can be rotated and zoomed in on with finger gestures. The user can select a home location from 15,000 cities and towns, and then display that location’s sky in real time, at a specified time and date, or as dynamic time flowing forward or reverse at variable speeds. In the app’s astronomy mode, the sun, moon and planets are shown in their current positions in the sky. The constellations, major stars and prominent features such as the Andromeda Galaxy are labeled. The observer’s local horizon can be displayed to indicate whether objects are visible.
Credit: Cosmic Watch App
More…