Star Roam is an app that allows users to view the stars and other celestial objects in real time. With just a few seconds of pointing your phone towards the night sky, you can identify stars, constellations, planets, nebulae, satellites, and other deep space objects. The app also allows you to observe stars at any time and location, as if you were in a time machine. Even without any prior knowledge of astronomy, Star Roam can help you start your star journey.
The app combines all the known stars of over 1.69 billion, with all the known planets, natural moons, and comets, with many other 10,000 smaller solar system asteroids, and more than 2 million nebulae and galaxies. You can see the astronomy details of each star. Additionally, you can choose any time and location to view the night sky, such as the early morning at the North Pole, and look at the night sky at different times and places. The app also has an auto-tracking mode that uses the phone's gyroscope sensor to help you show the night sky towards which your phone is pointing in real time.
Star Roam also offers a real observation experience by simulating the surface and atmosphere with the reality of sunrise, sunset, and atmospheric refraction, among others. The app also provides multi-cultural constellation knowledge, showing the contours and lines of constellations from different cultures, such as Western, Arabic, Boorong, Chinese, Indian, Kamilaroi, Macedonian, Ojibwe, and Romanian. The app can be used offline, making it perfect for outdoor activities like hiking.
Overall, Star Roam is an excellent app for anyone interested in astronomy or stargazing. It offers a wealth of information and features that can help users explore the mysteries of the universe.