Win 'Star Walk' and 'Solar Walk' Astronomy Apps

By Nancy Atkinson - September 7, 2010 at 10:14 AM UTC | Planetary Science

I've had a couple of people excitedly show me the

Star Walk

astronomy app on their iPhones and ipads, and it really is great. You can hold your device up to the sky and it will show you a sky map of your exact position. Move your device around the sky, and it moves with you. It is a very high quality, dynamic and realistic stargazing guide, which -- if you are a beginning or experienced astronomer -- makes skywatching easy for everybody! There is also a

"Solar Walk"

app -- which has very cool 3D images, so grab your 3D glasses to fully enjoy. See more about this app below.

With

Solar Walk,

you can find out more about the solar system, play around with them determining the speed of their rotation, etc, as well as learn about the moons of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Uranus.

Now comes the good news for anyone who reads this article all the way through! Universe Today has 3 free

Star Walk

and 3 free

Solar Walk

apps to give away.

Leave a comment on which app you would like to have, and why. I'll pick the best answers and the top three for each app will win. You have to register to leave a comment, and make sure you register with your actual email address, as that is how we'll contact the winners. Deadline for this contest is Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 12 noon CDT in the US, and the contest is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. Each winner can only win one app.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com