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It will become your interactive guide to the night sky, following your every movement in real-time and allowing you to explore over 200, 000 celestial bodies with extensive information.\n\n***Over 10 million users! Winner of Apple Design Award 2010*** \n\n“Star Walk is a remarkably in-depth and detailed astronomy app. There's so much you can do with this app” - Common sense media\n\n“Star Walk is the best stargazing application I have come across for the iPhone. Many of the features found within the application cannot be found in any others! This is one of the best developed and executed applications I have seen to hit the app store.” - iMore\n\n“This app brings the old paper star chart into the smartphone age, and makes exploring the night sky easily accessible to everyone.” - Soggy Astronomer\n\nDuran Duran's keyboard Nick Rhodes mentions Star Walk as his favourite app:\n\n“It’s brilliant, and if you’re ever somewhere with a clear sky and no light pollution, it’s a revelation. It’s beautifully designed and makes clever use of the available technology. I’m fascinated by astronomy, but even if you’re not, give this a go.”\n\nKey features:\n\n• Night sky map with thousands of stars, constellations and other sky objects.\n• Real-time tracking of celestial bodies.\n• Augmented reality sky view.\n• Deep sky objects to explore in detail.\n• Night mode.\n• Extensive information about all sky objects.\n• The ability to travel in time with “Time machine”\n• Astronomical calendar with various celestial events.\n• Stunning space pictures in “Picture of the Day”.\n• “Sky Live” section with info about the moon phases, the amount of daylight, the visibility of the planets, etc. \n\nAstronomical calendar, deep space objects, meteor showers, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and satellites are available through the STAR WALK PLUS subscription.\n\n‣ Launch the app and point your device at the night sky - you'll see the stars, planets, satellites, and constellations in their proper place from your location. As you move your device, the star map updates in real time.*\n\n‣ Every object you tap has an (i) next to its name, tap it to access some information.\n\n‣ A scale on right is the “Time machine”, slide it to explore the map of the night sky of tomorrow or years ago. \n\n‣ A calendar of celestial events will make sure you never miss anything interesting.\n \n‣ Tap Augmented Reality icon in the upper right corner to add the image from your camera to your sky view. \n\n‣ Use Night Mode to go easy on your eyes and preserve night vision when exploring the Universe. \n\n‣ Star Walk is your personal planetarium. Project to a big screen with no picture quality loss. \n\n*This feature (Star Spotter) is available for devices with digital compass. If your device does not have the digital compass, you can use your fingers to change the view of the sky map.\n\nLinks:\nhttp://www.facebook.com/StarWalkApp\nhttp://twitter.com/starwalk\n\nSTAR WALK PLUS removes ads from the app and gives you access to the calendar with astronomical events, deep space objects, meteor showers, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and satellites. It offers a one-week free trial followed by an auto-renewing subscription. \n\nPayment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.\n\nTerms of use: http://vitotechnology.com/terms-of-use.html\n\nStart your best stargazing experience right now!","facts":{"developer_id":289641503,"developer_url":"https://vitotechnology.com/","first_released":"2008-11-05T10:24:44Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"7.5.1","release_notes":"Some bugs are harder to spot than a faint galaxy. We’ve tracked down a few and fixed them, making Star Walk a little smoother and more reliable.\n\nYour reviews help more people find their way to Star Walk. If you have a moment, tell us how we’re doing on the App Store. For questions or problems, reach out via Support — we’ll be happy to help.\n\nThanks for sharing your curiosity about the sky with us. 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