Star Walk 2

Your Stargazing Guide

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Star Walk 2 Pro

Star Walk 2 Pro

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Star Walk 2 Plus

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What is Star Walk 2?

Star Walk 2 is an intuitive and feature-rich stargazing app designed for everyone – whether you're an amateur astronomer, a curious newcomer, or simply someone who loves exploring the night sky. Combining cutting-edge technology with comprehensive astronomical data, the app allows you to discover celestial wonders in real-time and experience breathtaking astronomical events.

Star Walk 2 app

Try the best features

  • Interactive Sky Map: Point your device at the sky to see the real-time positions of stars, planets, and other celestial objects above you.
  • AR Mode: Enhance your stargazing experience by overlaying the sky map onto your device’s camera view.
  • Time Machine: Travel through time with a single tap! Touch a clock-face icon and observe how celestial bodies moved in the past or will appear in the future.
  • Astronomy Calendar: Stay informed about upcoming celestial events, including meteor showers, eclipses, and planetary conjunctions, so you never miss a spectacular sight.
  • Planet Walk: Discover which planets are visible from your location tonight and find the best time to witness their stunning alignments.
  • News Feed: Stay up to date with the latest news in astronomy, space exploration, and stargazing trends.
  • Instant Learning: Tap any celestial object’s name for a detailed description and useful scientific info, including the object's mass, brightness, and distance from Earth.
  • 3D Constellation Models: Explore beautifully rendered 3D models of constellations, rotate them at any angle, and uncover the myths behind them.
  • Entertainment Section: Have fun while learning! Enjoy engaging astronomy quizzes and fascinating infographics designed to deepen your understanding of the universe.

See what you can do

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Planet Walk
Explore the night sky in AR and enjoy the illustrations of celestial objects towering over your current location.
Find and identify celestial objects in the sky above you with an exquisite interactive map.
Get extensive information about any sky object, see its elaborate 3D model, and learn about missions related to it.
Find out the rise and set times for the Sun, Moon, and planets for your location and determine the best moment for observation.
Get a deeper understanding of the constellations’ scale and place in the night sky map.
Follow our astronomical news, and you’ll never miss noteworthy celestial events.
Learn the best time to see as many planets as possible.

Read user feedback

Star Walk 2 is an augmented reality app which can easily be adapted for educational purposes. It is a stargazing app intended to enhance your stargazing experience, and it certainly does just that. My recommendation for using the Star Walk 2 app in instructional design or education would be to use it for a supplemental activity while teaching astronomy.

Thom Quist, American College of Education

Star Walk 2 is a terrific introduction to astronomy for young and old. It's also handy for serious stargazers for observing planning.

Mel Martin, Engadget

Buy it if: ✅ You're a beginner: we think the easy set-up and navigation on this app make it a great option for beginners. ✅ You want to plan a stargazing or shooting session: the Visible Tonight feature and option to speed up time make it easy to plan ahead. ✅ You're looking for an affordable option: we think that Star Walk 2 offers a lot of features for a relatively low price.

Jase Parnell-Brookes, space.com

The original Star Walk remains one of the best apps for budding stargazers of all levels, but Star Walk 2 has added some excellent features for night-time jaunts. It will identify the location of stars, planets, meteors and nebulae, the International Space Station and comets. Point it at the sky and you’ll soon be marvelling at the cosmos.

Stuart Dredge, The Guardian

This is an app that combines the weight and accuracy of up-to-the-minute astronomical data based on precise calculations, with a smooth, clean interface and a design whose presentation of the night sky will not only illuminate your device’s screen, but also fill your ears with atmospheric brilliance and inflame your imagination.

Norman Black, Star Mapping

Star Walk 2 is a stargazing app with a beautiful, crisp UI. It offers a variety of camera modes: free roam, scroll/manual, and augmented reality. You can travel in time to see skies from the past and future, and the app also boasts an interesting "What's New" feed of the latest astronomy news.

Jesse Shanahan, Forbes

Star Walk 2 assists you in exploring the sky. Satisfy your curiosity by identifying stars, constellations, planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, spacecraft, nebulae, the ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, and other celestial bodies in real time with your smart device.

Jackie Dove and Simon Chandler, Digital Trends

Many couples enjoy stargazing on date night, but they may not know what they’re looking at. Star Walk 2 makes the experience of observing the night sky together much more informative. The astronomy app provides real-time data about the planets, stars, and other celestial bodies that couples see when they look to the stars.

Amber Brooks, Dating Advice

Star Walk 2 is an augmented reality app which can easily be adapted for educational purposes. It is a stargazing app intended to enhance your stargazing experience, and it certainly does just that. My recommendation for using the Star Walk 2 app in instructional design or education would be to use it for a supplemental activity while teaching astronomy.

Thom Quist, American College of Education

Star Walk 2 is a terrific introduction to astronomy for young and old. It's also handy for serious stargazers for observing planning.

Mel Martin, Engadget

Buy it if: ✅ You're a beginner: we think the easy set-up and navigation on this app make it a great option for beginners. ✅ You want to plan a stargazing or shooting session: the Visible Tonight feature and option to speed up time make it easy to plan ahead. ✅ You're looking for an affordable option: we think that Star Walk 2 offers a lot of features for a relatively low price.

Jase Parnell-Brookes, space.com

The original Star Walk remains one of the best apps for budding stargazers of all levels, but Star Walk 2 has added some excellent features for night-time jaunts. It will identify the location of stars, planets, meteors and nebulae, the International Space Station and comets. Point it at the sky and you’ll soon be marvelling at the cosmos.

Stuart Dredge, The Guardian

This is an app that combines the weight and accuracy of up-to-the-minute astronomical data based on precise calculations, with a smooth, clean interface and a design whose presentation of the night sky will not only illuminate your device’s screen, but also fill your ears with atmospheric brilliance and inflame your imagination.

Norman Black, Star Mapping

Star Walk 2 is a stargazing app with a beautiful, crisp UI. It offers a variety of camera modes: free roam, scroll/manual, and augmented reality. You can travel in time to see skies from the past and future, and the app also boasts an interesting "What's New" feed of the latest astronomy news.

Jesse Shanahan, Forbes

Star Walk 2 assists you in exploring the sky. Satisfy your curiosity by identifying stars, constellations, planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, spacecraft, nebulae, the ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, and other celestial bodies in real time with your smart device.

Jackie Dove and Simon Chandler, Digital Trends

Many couples enjoy stargazing on date night, but they may not know what they’re looking at. Star Walk 2 makes the experience of observing the night sky together much more informative. The astronomy app provides real-time data about the planets, stars, and other celestial bodies that couples see when they look to the stars.

Amber Brooks, Dating Advice

Star Walk 2 is an augmented reality app which can easily be adapted for educational purposes. It is a stargazing app intended to enhance your stargazing experience, and it certainly does just that. My recommendation for using the Star Walk 2 app in instructional design or education would be to use it for a supplemental activity while teaching astronomy.

Thom Quist, American College of Education

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