Free 3D Planet and Sky Simulator
SkyORB, a free real-time 3D planet and space simulation and star gazing application available for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. SkyORB offers a 3D star map, 3D planetarium, ephemeris with notifications, Sun clock, point to sky, weather, Moon phases with dates, including rise and set times and more. It features a modern 3D interface, search engine, a large catalog of stars, planets, moons and updatable comets and near earth asteroids from the Web for latest entries, and let you choose see the actual sky from any point on Earth or from any planet from the solar system.
SkyORB allows users to view the real-time maps of planets, solar system, galaxy in space view mode and stars in its location based astronomical view mode. SkyORB planet simulator renders photo-realistic real-time 3D planetarium which is based on V3X.net 3D engine. It allows you to zoom all the way in to the solar system, or zoom all the way out to the rest of the Milky Way in 3D. Its powerful universal search engine let you type few letter and find a matching nebula, constellation, place, planets, exo-planets and more. Its 3D real-time sky rendering, with tracking from compass and gyroscope gives the ability to simulate the sky from any place in the world and even from other planet like Mars.
SkyORB provides ephemeris including next 60 days astronomy events, including peak day of meteors showers, date of planet elongation and opposition. Including Windows 8 live tiles support. It also features many functions as a 3D real-time representation of the planets position around the sun, the ability to hold your device and point toward a visible star and planet and reveal the name by tracking the GPS position, compass orientation, the elevation from the gyroscope, warn the user when a phenomenon is occurs as a full moon, a planet really visible, which is worth the observation.
Download free SkyORB for Windows and Mac OS.
Download free SkyORB for iPhone, iPad and Android
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