Bright Comets
Hanno Rein Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Bright Comets is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Hanno Rein. Rated 4.3/5 from 153 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated November 21, 2024.
- Rating
- 4.3
- 153 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 23 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Nov 21
- 2024 · v9.6
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About Bright Comets
This app helps you locate all bright comets currently visible in the night sky. Just hold your device up to the sky and find the red target marker on the screen. That's where the comet is! The app uses your location and up-to-date ephemerides from the NASA JPL's Horizons database to calculate the comet's position.
Ratings & reviews
4.3
153 ratings
What’s new
Version 9.6 · Updated November 21, 2024
This update makes sure that the comet database is always up-to-date. Previously, the app might have used a cached version in some cases.
App privacy
The developer, Hanno Rein, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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