Stargazing Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

This weekend's Lyrid meteor shower: Four iOS apps that can help you watch it

by Mel Martin (Apr 19th, 2013)

If you're a meteor maven or stargazer, this is the weekend for one of the year's best meteor showers, the Lyrids. The Lyrids come to maximum strength April 21-22, which for those of us in North America means late Sunday night and early Monday morning. The shower is caused by the Earth passing ...

Celebrate "One Small Step" + 40 with free Carina astronomy apps

by Steven Sande (Jul 18th, 2009)

On July 20th, 1969, I was an 11 year-old nerd who loved space. Along with billions of other people in the rest of the developed world, I sat in rapt attention in front of the family TV set watching the ghostly figures of Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin taking the first steps on the moon. ...

Stargazing with Starmap

by Giles Turnbull (Sep 2nd, 2008)

Starmap 1.1 (iTunes link) is a pocket-sized map of the sky that packs a great deal into a small package. One thing that strikes you immediately is the challenge of incorporating all the options available into the iPhone's limited UI space. The button panel at the bottom of the screen is a 3D object ...