2.0 Safe to install
Ad Astra - Star Atlas: A Captivating Journey Through the Cosmos

Martijn de Meulder's Ad Astra - Star Atlas offers an immersive space exploration experience, blending stunning visuals and engaging gameplay that captivates players of all ages.
An essential tool for every astronomer, Ad Astra is a star atlas designed to facilitate the process of selecting the best celestial objects for observation. It enables users to create personalized observation lists and can be conveniently accessed outdoors, complemented by a free Apple Watch app.
Ad Astra boasts detailed maps of all 88 constellations and provides descriptions for over 1200 objects, ranging from star clusters to galaxies, all of which are accessible through amateur telescopes and, in many instances, binoculars.
Users can easily add favored objects to their observation list by selecting the "+" sign next to them. The app offers expansive maps in a red night vision mode for locating and observing celestial bodies during nighttime excursions.
Covering both the northern and southern skies, Ad Astra offers compatibility with both iPhone and iPad devices, requiring only a single purchase for use across multiple devices.
Designed for stargazers seeking a dependable tool for exploring the heavens in depth, Ad Astra leverages open Astronomical data to showcase deep sky objects with visual magnitudes up to 12.
The app has garnered positive reviews worldwide:
- Great app! *****
- Ad Astra - A very useful app for the backyard astronomer *****
- Old school *****
Overview
Ad Astra - Star Atlas is a Freeware software in the category Education developed by Martijn de Meulder.
The latest version of Ad Astra - Star Atlas is 2.0, released on 03/30/2024. It was initially added to our database on 03/30/2024.
Ad Astra - Star Atlas runs on the following operating systems: iOS.
Users of Ad Astra - Star Atlas gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

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