Android apps by KreApp Development Software

Mobile Observatory - Astronomy

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:57:18 +0000

Mobile Observatory is one of the most complete astronomy apps on the Android market and the perfect tool for anybody interested in the sky's wonders, from the occasional sky gazer to the passionate amateur astronomer.

You want to know if the next lunar eclipse is visible from your location or when the next bright comet is visible? You would like to be notified by your smart phone the next time, Jupiter and the Moon meet in the sky? You want to know what the blazing bright object in the evening sky is? You want to be always up-to-date which celestial events are visible from your location? Then this app is a must-have for you!

The app does not only include a live, zoomable sky map telling you what sky object you are looking at but provides you with loads of detailed extra information on stars, planets, deep sky objects, meteor showers, comets, asteroids, lunar and solar eclipses as well as detailed ephemeris of all included sky objects and an interactive top-down view of the Solar System. All that in just one app!

Main Features
- Zoomable sky map showing stars, planets, asteroids, and more (above and below the horizon)
- Interactive top-down view of the Solar System
- Live mode (point device on sky and get information on what you see)
- Calendar showing detailed descriptions of celestial events
- Push celestial events to your phone's calendar and set a reminder alarm
- Rise, set, and transit times for any object
- Position of any object in the sky (altitude and direction)
- Twilight times, length of day
- Bright Star Catalog (~9000 stars) with detailed information
- More than 400 000 additional stars from the PPM Star Catalog (Android 3.1 or higher required)
- 2500 selected NGC objects (galaxies, clusters, ...)
- Messier Catalog (110 objects) complete with images
- Caldwell Catalog (110 objects) complete with images
- Hidden Treasures Catalog (109 objects) complete with images
- Meteor streams (begin, maximum, hourly rate, ...)
- Lunar and solar eclipses information
- Lunar librations, ascending node, maximum declination
- Bright comets (automatically selected according to the date)
- Dwarf planets: The five known dwarf planets
- Minor planets: bright, near Earth, trans-Neptune (more than 10000 in the database)
- Update database online: download up-to-date orbital elements of comets and minor planets
- Moon phases, the apparent view of the sun and planets
- Current image of the Sun and sunspot number
- Automatically generated visibility report for any object
- Intuitive User Interface: quickly find what you are looking for
- Widget with rise & set times of the Sun and Moon
- Automatic location determination from the mobile network or GPS
- Select a location from a built-in database or online via Google Maps
- Choose any time and date
- Detailed ephemeris, visibility information of all objects
- Dates of conjunctions between any object with planets or the Moon
- 3D-view of the Moon and the planets
- Accurate calculations for dates between 1900 and 2100

keywords: astronomy stars, telescope, planets, messier, live, augmented reality, sky view, minor planets, asteroids, dwarf planets, mercury, venus, earth, moon, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, ceres, vesta, juno, eros, transit, eclipse lunar, solar, sunspots, golden hour, blue hour, photography, great red spot, galaxies, cluster, nebulae, orion, meteor showers, milky way,

Recent changes:
- Additional Moon events like librations, times of de/ascending nodes, maximum declination (select them from the preference menu on the Moon page)
- For Android 4 and higher: Permission to grant access to read/write personal information has been removed. For lower Android version, these permissions are still necessary to add events to the calendar.
- Several bug-fixes

Solar System 3D Wallpaper Lite

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:41:36 +0000

Animated Live 3D Wallpaper of the solar system. This Lite version includes Saturn circled by four of its moons and Earth + Moon with the Sun as Red Giant star with starry background. Slide over the display to move around and double-tap on the screen to switch between the planets.

New feature: use the orientation sensors of your device to look around! Toggle them by double-tapping on the left side of the screen.

This a wallpaper, not a normal app! Activate it by pressing the "Menu" button and selecting "Wallpaper" and then "Live wallpapers". There you will find "Solar System 3D Lite".

If you like this wallpaper you might want to check out the PRO version which includes all 8 planets of the Solar System plus Asteroids and Pluto, turns the Sun into a Red Giant as the battery becomes weaker, and much more.

Copy to SD card enabled.

(Note: The displayed moons are for artistic reasons not to scale.)

Recent changes:
Version 1.43:
- Texture problem for Nexus, HTC Evo and similar devices solved

Version 1.42:
- Improved Earth with moving clouds

Version 1.41:
- Orientation sensors enabled

Version 1.40:
- Halloween Edition with pumpkin
- Small bug-fixes

Version 1.36:
- Larger Sun+Spots

Version 1.35:
- Maintenance version

Version 1.32:
- Problem with rings solved

Version 1.30:
- Earth added

Version 1.22:
- Small lighting modification

Version 1.21:
- Set camera movement speed

Solar System 3D Wallpaper Pro

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:11:26 +0000

Amazing animated Live 3D Wallpaper showing realistic views of the Sun, planets (+Pluto), asteroids, and moons of our Solar System with a real Milky Way background. Watch the Sun evolve towards a Red Giant and then turn into a White Dwarf with an expanding beautiful Planetary Nebula, use the orientation sensors to look around, enjoy splendid views at Saturn's rings, or fly through the Solar System. The ideal Live Wallpaper for tablets!

Personalize this wallpaper with lots and lots of different options.

This is a Wallpaper and not a normal App! Activate it by pressing the "Menu" button and selecting "Wallpaper" and then "Live wallpapers".

Note: there are compability problems with Android 4.0 and higher. These should be solved for the next version.

Due to the realistic graphics, this is a very memory hungry wallpaper. Before buying, please keep in mind that it might not work on weaker devices.

Solar System 3D Pro provides the following features:
- Select any planet in our Solar System + Pluto
- Watch asteroids zipping by
- Make the Sun evolve to a Red Giant and finally a dying White Dwarf as the battery becomes weaker
- Set the age of the Sun
- Watch spectacular plasma eruptions of the Sun
- Look around by sliding with the finger over the display or by using the orientation sensors
- Automatic camera movement (speed can be set)
- Move from the inner to the outer planets as the battery becomes weaker
- Random change of object every half hour
- Change planet or activate the orientation sensors through double-tap on screen
- Real star background from Milky Way panorama

(Note: For artistic reasons, the objects are not to scale. Also, not all moons are included.)

Copy to SD card enabled.

If you have any suggestions or problems concerning this wallpaper, please contact me at kreappdev@gmail.com.

Recent changes:
Version 1.34:
- Texture problem for Nexus, HTC Evo and similar devices solved

Version 1.32:
- New: Set ambient lighting on/off

Version 1.31:
- Bug removal: Asteroids are displayed now
- Additional planetary nebula image

Version 1.30:
- New: Complete live cycle of the Sun (Modify age by double-tap on top-right corner of display)
- Nicer display on Tablets (Better resolution of star map)
- Sun turns into a White Dwarf with Planetary Nebula expanding around it