Iconic Sky Lite

Do you want to know the most famous planets, star clusters and galaxies? In play mode, collect points by matching up their images and names. In learning mode, the images are explained. Built-in web-links take you straight to high-resolution image sources and to more information. The images are mostly from NASA, ESA and ESO. iconicSky is presented by Sterne und Weltraum and Spektrum der Wissenschaft (German edition of Scientific American).

This is a great app for a student taking astronomy – and it’s free. It can also be fun just to see all the beautiful images from the universe.

 

 

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