Stellarium, the application to see stars and constellations in detail

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Unfortunately, you can’t use Google Maps to guide you when looking at the stars, but there are apps on Google Play that can illustrate your exploration of the night sky, and Stellarium is one of them. It is an application that, depending on the cardinal point you are looking at, will teach you about the different constellations and stars in the sky, even if light or light pollution prevents you from seeing them properly.

Observe the stars in great detail

Stellarium is the ideal application for taking a night walk, since as soon as you open it, and just by pointing your phone at the sky, you will have a overview of celestial bodies in space, although you have access to a series of options through which you can modify the behavior of the application.

First of all, it’s quite interesting that you can choose whether or not to include the landscape in the sky view. Enabling this option will take into account the visual limits of the landscape and the ground itself, and by deactivating it you will be able to access a view without any discomfort in which, pointing towards your feet, you will be able to see the stars that you would see if you did not have the planet below.

There is a night mode which will color the interface red so you can better distinguish even the smallest stars, in addition to being able to put a grid in the app.

If you do not wish to access this interactive view and prefer to navigate with your finger, you can, and you can even access a sheet with information about each of the stars you see depicted on the map to learn more about them. In these tabs you will see information about its constellation, magnitude and size, as well as other characteristics

How to download from Google Play

You can download Stellarium for free from Google Play, but be aware that it is a free version of its paid app, which comes with more features.

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