Comments on: Need to Find the Big Dipper? There’s an App for That http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/04/29/need-to-find-the-big-dipper-theres-an-app-for-that/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 13:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Estefana Formica http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/04/29/need-to-find-the-big-dipper-theres-an-app-for-that/comment-page-1/#comment-71551 Estefana Formica Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:38:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9042#comment-71551 Well, I don't really know so much about it, yet it reminds me of a story my supervisor at Intel one time shared with us: evidently, this thirteenth century Spanish alchemist tried (in vain) to make precious metal from lead. He observed those substances so seriously, he got to be a specialist on the two, and got rich as an official consultant to the empress. Information was tricky to find in those days, nothing like nowadays with pc availability, and dedicated drivers etc. in those days, if you ever revealed something good, you could keep advising for life. However , I digress. What I am saying is that occasionally you come upon riches by merely testing (and being committed to) something different, and thats just what happened to me once I accidentally got here. I was in fact on the search for some technical information about driver updates when I began web browsing, and got carried away…. Well, I don’t really know so much about it, yet it reminds me of a story my supervisor at Intel one time shared with us: evidently, this thirteenth century Spanish alchemist tried (in vain) to make precious metal from lead. He observed those substances so seriously, he got to be a specialist on the two, and got rich as an official consultant to the empress. Information was tricky to find in those days, nothing like nowadays with pc availability, and dedicated drivers etc. in those days, if you ever revealed something good, you could keep advising for life. However , I digress. What I am saying is that occasionally you come upon riches by merely testing (and being committed to) something different, and thats just what happened to me once I accidentally got here. I was in fact on the search for some technical information about driver updates when I began web browsing, and got carried away….

]]> By: BarMonger http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/04/29/need-to-find-the-big-dipper-theres-an-app-for-that/comment-page-1/#comment-35001 BarMonger Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:12:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9042#comment-35001 For those using Android based phones you can use the free Google Sky Map app (http://www.google.com/sky/skymap - or find it in Market) to the same effect. It works just like StarWalk mentioned above, but features different overlays as well (such as famous Hubble images), pictures of planets etc. It also has a search function which helps you find any celestial object available in the app, on the night sky. For those using Android based phones you can use the free Google Sky Map app (http://www.google.com/sky/skymap – or find it in Market) to the same effect.

It works just like StarWalk mentioned above, but features different overlays as well (such as famous Hubble images), pictures of planets etc.

It also has a search function which helps you find any celestial object available in the app, on the night sky.

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