Is Google Sky Map Available for iPhone?
Google Sky Map isn’t available for iOS yet. It’s an Android-only app for now. Several capable star-gazing alternatives are available for the iPhone and iPad you can use instead. Here are three recommended star mapping apps among the several available on the Apple Store.
Is Sky Map a Google App?
Sky Map started its life as a Google app for Android phones. Google employees developed it as a side project thanks to Google’s famed “20% Time rule,” where they could spend 20% of their time on personal ideas. Sky Map was donated and open-sourced in 2012. It is now voluntarily maintained by the original developers on GitHub, but not on behalf of Google. You can view the active project files on GitHub.
What Is the Best Star Map App for iPhone?
SkyView is one of the top star mapping apps for the iPhone. SkyView has a free and paid version. The screenshots and instructions apply to SkyView Lite, the free version of the virtual telescope.
Select the Night Mode icon to view the skies in an infra-reddish hue.Select the Augmented reality camera icon to superimpose the star map above any real-world object. Switch it off to get back to the night mode.Select the Sky Object trajectories icon to plot the movement of the celestial objects across space.
