App Detail » Galaxy Map

Published by: Andrei Nistorescu

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: FREE!
Current Version: 3.3.10
Released: January 18, 2017

What's New

V3.3.10
- new character controller (if you run into steep cliffs, you will stop).This will also fix the bug with the terrain moving underneath you
- devices with high RAM will have better terrain colliders, so you should not see the character going into the ground
- improved flight mode graphics settings menu
- changed Neptune to its true color and added an explanation why it is no longer deep blue
- adjusted Titan atmosphere and colors
- can jump (affected by gravity) and swim

App Description

The galaxy map is an interactive map of the Milky Way galaxy, Andromeda and their satellite galaxies. Explore the Orion Arm's nebulae and supernovae from the comfort of your spaceship. Fly through the atmosphere of Mars and many other planets and you can even land on them.
Discover the galaxy in a stunning three dimensional map based on NASA's artistic impression of the Milky Way galactic structure. Photos are taken by NASA spacecraft and ground based telescopes like Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray, Herschel Space Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

This interactive 3D map is excellent for teachers to use for instruction, and it is a great astronomy resource for students to explore the Milky Way galaxy and space as they learn more about the universe we live in. Available in over 100 languages!
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From the outskirts of the galaxy, in the Norma-Outer spiral arm to the galactic center's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, discover a galaxy full of amazing facts. Notable structures included: the Pillars of Creation, Helix Nebula, the Engraved Hourglass Nebula, the Pleiades, the Orion Arm (where the solar system and the Earth are located) with its Orion belt.

Check out neighboring dwarf galaxies such as Sagittarius and the Canis Major Overdensity, stellar streams as well as internal galactic components such as a variety of nebulae, star clusters or supernovae.

Explore space and get a little closer to our wonderful universe with this awesome astronomy app!

The Galaxy Map requires internet access to retrieve information from the wiki.