Planet Finder - Explore planetary positions

Planet Finder is an astronomy application that utilizes your device's camera to display information about planets, constellations, and celestial bodies in the sky. By installing and launching the app, users can quickly identify what they are observing in the night sky.

Key features of Planet Finder include:

- A planetarium feature that identifies and displays information on planets, stars, constellations, and galaxies visible through your device's camera.

- An interactive academy game within the app to help users learn how to spot planets, constellations, and prominent stars.

- An astronomy compass that shows the real-time positions of planets, the Sun, the Moon, and even Pluto.

- The display of the 10 brightest stars and the 10 closest stars from your position.

- Access to a player interface for checking future and past positions of celestial bodies.

- 3D renderings of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, as well as Pluto and most satellites within the Solar System.

- Real-time data on sunspot activity and CO2 levels on Earth.

The premium version of the app offers additional features such as:

- Augmented reality planetarium view using your device's camera to visualize planets, stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects.

- Further planetarium games focused on identifying constellations.

- Advanced astronomy compass with detailed Milky Way structure, brightest galaxies, nearest galaxy groups, closest superclusters, and even visualization of the universe's edge.

- A 3D solar system simulator to explore the scale and orientation within our solar system.

- Customizable MySky feature to define and track specific celestial bodies of interest.

- Visualization of rise, transit, and set times for planets and celestial bodies.

By utilizing Planet Finder, users can deepen their knowledge of astronomy and enhance their stargazing experience through interactive learning and visualizations of celestial wonders.

The free version equips users with a wealth of features:

- An astronomy compass indicating the locations of planets, the Sun, the Moon, and even distant Pluto.

- Quick identification of the 10 brightest stars and the ones nearest to Earth.

- Real-time data on celestial objects.

- An interactive player to explore both past and future celestial alignments.

- Stunning 3D visuals of the Sun, Moon, and the major planets including their moons.

For those with a keen interest in enriching their celestial journey, the premium version expands the cosmic toolset substantially:

- An immersive planetarium experience allowing for a panoramic view of the entire celestial sphere.

- Augmented reality capabilities that blend real-world views with a celestial overlay, making it possible to identify cosmic entities through a device's camera.

- A comprehensive solar system simulator providing a sense of scale and positioning within our cosmic neighborhood.

- "MySky," a personalized feature to track and display a chosen set of celestial bodies within both the planetarium and compass views.

What Is New

Increased range of astrophysical calculations (from 1900 to 2100)

Time limit of fps compass rendering to save processing power

Lower package storage footprint

Target android framework upgraded to 11.0 (Red Velvet Cake)