BEAM ME APP Zoom light years away with the solar system simulator of Distant Suns 3, an iPhone app that allows you to explore the geospatial stats of more than 300,000 stars. Google Sky Map, meanwhile, teaches you about heavenly bodies with its interactive plot of the sky; all you need to do is sweep your Android phone in the air to watch the stars appear on the screen in augmented reality. Download Star Walk on your iPhone and discover which constellations and satellites are floating above your head in real time. This pocket atlas also holds a huge gallery of photos taken by astronomy pros. It’s a small world, indeed. distantsuns.com google.com/mobile/skymap vitotechnology.com
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, U.S.A., by Dennis Mammana; Esmeralda County, Nevada, U.S.A., by Steven Christenson; Western Australia by John Schreiber.
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