How to find star constellations with your mobile

If you are passionate about constellations or simply curious, there are some applications for your smartphone that will allow you to find and admire them. We tell you which are the best.

The world of stars and planets is something that attracts many people who, although they are not professionals, are very curious about everything that surrounds us.

In some cases they even invest more or less high amounts of money to acquire telescopes to be able to admire everything that happens in the sky, but the truth is that it is something that not everyone can afford.

The truth is that the night sky is quite a spectacle and it is not surprising that so many people feel attracted to everything that can be seen with the naked eye or with the help of some technological device.

For all those who spend a lot of money on a telescope or for those who are curious, but are not willing to invest moderately high amounts of money, there are applications for our mobile devices that will allow us to see the constellations and find the one we want, very easily with your mobile.

We already know that the jump to smartphones has not brought a series of incredible advantages, many above what we would have ever imagined, and on the subject of constellations it could not be otherwise.

With these applications we will point to the sky with our mobile phone, to be able to identify constellations and be able to enjoy that special magic that everything related to space emanates.

Applications to see the constellations:

stellarium

This is an application that is present whether you have the Android operating system or if your phone is an iPhone or you have an iPad.

It is free (although there is a Plus version for 19.99 euros) with a really good interfacewhich, in addition to being well prepared, is intuitive and not demanding with those who do not know how it works.

The application uses our location to know which constellations will be visible from where we are. We can use our fingers to move around the screen, in order to be able to observe all the constellations on the same device screen.

Another of the most positive facets of this app is that we can also see where the planets, comets, satellites and other objects of space in real time.

Another thing that will not be missing is that we can zoom in and out to get a different perspective of planet earth and experience what all the zones of it look like.

What is clear is that, if you are a lover of all this, of looking at the sky to discover new things, this application will be essential for you.

SkyView Lite

We will be able to enjoy this application, both Android users and those whose smartphone is iPhone or have an iPad tablet.

The more complete version of this app costs 1.99 eurosalthough the Lite version is more than enough to enjoy the constellations.

What the idea is, is the same as in the previous case, in general terms, with the difference that there is no way to scroll with your finger, only it moves as we each move our phone.

One of the best parts of this app is the Augmented realitysince it is capable of putting the constellations, the planets and other stars in the upper part of the camera viewfinder.

What we are going to experience with SkyView is an interface that is not as well prepared as in the previous case, but that is not exactly an ugly or complicated presentation.

Sky Map

we can use this application created by Google as a complement to the previous ones, since thanks to them we will be able to know the names of stars, planets, and other celestial bodies from our mobile device.

We will not really see the sky as if it happens in the previous ones, but we will observe drawings of the different stars and constellations (also planets and others) that are in our radius of action.

That is why we say that it can serve as a complement, because here we basically discover the names and with the previous ones we see it in a, let’s say, more real way.

It also has a search engine that is really very interestingin case we want to know where exactly a star, a constellation, a planet, etc. is.

With these applications you will be able to fully immerse yourself in everything that has to do with contentions, to admire them in a very simple way.

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