Distant Suns (max)
When half the day is night.
Finalist in TabTimes Best Tablet App contest in the Family category, 2014Distant Suns (max) astronomy app is an award-winning hand-held planetarium with over 25 years of development, offering you the new way to look at the sky from on the Earth to off. Sporting over 130,000 stars, all 8 (or is it 9?) planets, the sun and moon, constellations, galaxies, nebula and star clusters, Distant Suns offers a gracefully visual respite from a busy day. While others play games, you can travel to the stars.• Set your location from any place on Earth or off• Change the date and time to show the sky of the past or future, like a celestial time-machine in your hands• Learn the stories behind each constellation• Follow the moon through its phases, and the planets through their monthly dance• Unique to Distant Suns (max)You are no longer Earth-bound so you may fly out to the planets and watch them in their stately presence• Observe Saturn from behind, Jupiter from Io, the Earth from the Moon• Contains over 200 galaxies, nebula and star clusters, many within reach of binoculars• Touch the sky to view extensive data on each object• Perfect for the whole family. The only requirement is sense of wonder!• Unleash your inner astronaut todayFixes crashes on newer Android versions and faster devices such as the Galaxy 7.Thanks for your patience as we work through all of the crash reports. With so many device variations it is difficult to reproduce the crashes so we really appreciate when you share the crash report, it helps us track it down.
Finalist in TabTimes Best Tablet App contest in the Family category, 2014Distant Suns (max) astronomy app is an award-winning hand-held planetarium with over 25 years of development, offering you the new way to look at the sky from on the Earth to off. Sporting over 130,000 stars, all 8 (or is it 9?) planets, the sun and moon, constellations, galaxies, nebula and star clusters, Distant Suns offers a gracefully visual respite from a busy day. While others play games, you can travel to the stars.• Set your location from any place on Earth or off• Change the date and time to show the sky of the past or future, like a celestial time-machine in your hands• Learn the stories behind each constellation• Follow the moon through its phases, and the planets through their monthly dance• Unique to Distant Suns (max)You are no longer Earth-bound so you may fly out to the planets and watch them in their stately presence• Observe Saturn from behind, Jupiter from Io, the Earth from the Moon• Contains over 200 galaxies, nebula and star clusters, many within reach of binoculars• Touch the sky to view extensive data on each object• Perfect for the whole family. The only requirement is sense of wonder!• Unleash your inner astronaut todayFixes crashes on newer Android versions and faster devices such as the Galaxy 7.Thanks for your patience as we work through all of the crash reports. With so many device variations it is difficult to reproduce the crashes so we really appreciate when you share the crash report, it helps us track it down.
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Unable to purchase this on my other account on my other device. Purchase fails. Declines. Is anyone able to purchase this app anymore?
Nice
I loved this app, but I think the lack of updates have caught up to it. Recently got a Pixel 4a and a lot of the app just doesn't work on newer phones. You can't add the sky grid or the artificial horizon, which makes the app hard to use. The audio also doesn't work anymore.
Using Distant Suns for many years in both IOS and Android. Still amazing!
It used to work well. Now it doesn't. No updates since 2017. There are now better astronomy apps on Android, I suggest picking one of them. Which makes me sad. :(
I have used this app for years and years (and years. Lol.). Paid for the extras. More than worth it. Never ever had any problems, no matter what brand or model device I was using. Brilliantly laid out with lots of options for setup and the UI. Highly recommended.
Doesn't work well with Samsung phones. The image jumps around in compass mode
Used to be good, but I moved from an older phone to a Samsung S9+ and it just crashes each time I open the app. No update available to fix this yet. In fact, last updated Nov 2017. It's now May 2020.
On Android OS there is no support no upgrades no updates available. This version is not worth the money because it does not include what is included on the iOS version or even the old Commodore Amiga version. Don't waste your money
I used to love this app but now after getting new phone i reinstalled it and the compass comes on for quick second then disappears... What happen to my favorite app? PLEASE HELP