Popular iPhone Astronomy App: Distant Suns Version 2 Released

One of the longest lived consumer titles still on the market (first published in 1987), Distant Suns 2 gives to you portable hand-held planetarium.

The new version increases the star count to over 130,000, has added artwork showing the mythological figures for each of the constellations, improved the speed and has added many UI tweaks.

Written for both novice and advanced sky-watchers, families or the solo-astronomer, Distant Suns also includes:

• Compass support for the 3GS.
• The Milky Way
• All 88 constellations with images and articles on their mythology
• Preference panel to change the way stars are rendered in over a dozen different ways.
• The Messier catalog of galaxies, nebula and star clusters
• Dozens of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope
• All 8 planets (Pluto is optional)
• Distant Suns  is GPS aware

Read more HERE!

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