Comments for Look! Up in the sky!

Look! Up in the sky!

2009-10-22T14:00:00Z

I love all things celestial. I'm fascinated by planets and the whole question of whether or not we're alone.

But I wasn't aware of this until recently. Check this out. On October 23 and 24, amateur astronomers worldwide will bring their telescopes to public parks and sidewalks to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope and his celestial discoveries as part of Galilean Nights.

And of course there's an iPhone component here. Click through and I'll tell you more.
Not sure if you've ever used an iPhone app called Distant Suns - I mentioned it on the blog a while ago - but it's a really cool app that uses the compass on the iPhone 3GS to identify planets, constellations and much more. Of course, you don't need to have a 3GS to enjoy it, but it doesn't hurt.

And if you are interested in Galilean Nights events in your local area, click here.

If you are planning on participating in a Galilean Nights event or if you use or have used Distant Suns or if you just want to talk about space in general, leave me a comment. Or talk to me on Twitter.

Thanks for calling.

Comment from Ryan Kiefer on 2009-10-22

2009-10-22T16:24:46Z

Is this app an augmented reality app? In that if you point it at a constellation, it'll tell you about it and suchlike? Because if so that would be super cool.

Comment from Scott Kleinberg on 2009-10-22

2009-10-22T17:23:50Z

It doesn't look augmented as do some of the transit apps, but it's the same concept in terms of it being compass-aware.

Comment from Steph on 2009-10-22

2009-10-22T17:25:22Z

This is so great! Thanks for posting, Scott.

Comment from BloomKitty on 2009-10-22

2009-10-22T23:57:04Z

If you like this app, you'll LOVE Star Walk -- it's amazing. Feels like you're in Stellar Cartography on the Enterprise. ;-)

Comment from Free Gadgets on 2009-10-27

2009-10-27T22:57:33Z

If you like this you should also have a scan at NASA'a new app.
It gives you access to loads of cool space stuff.
Google iphone nasa app to find it :)

Comment from Chesire on 2009-11-04

2009-11-04T16:33:31Z

I really like this app. I'm fascinated by all things astrological. Here are a couple other cool astronomy web apps:
http://m.seego.com/search/astronomy