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Sky Map

Sky Map is an Android planetarium software application.

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Jun 2, 2026
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Sky Map
DevelopersGoogle
Carnegie Mellon University
Stable release
1.14.21 / 5 May 2026
Operating systemAndroid
TypePlanetarium software
LicenseApache License, Version 2.0
Websitestardroid.app
Repository
Sky Map in use on a Nexus One source ↗

Sky Map is an Android planetarium software application.23

History

Sky Map was designed and developed by a group of Google engineers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of their 20% time.4

It's now "donated and open-sourced".

Licensing

On January 20, 2012, Google announced a student development partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and released Sky Map under the Apache 2.0 open source license.5

Code

The project is presently available in the form of a GitHub repository.6

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Release 1.14.2". 5 May 2026. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  2. Temperton, James (2011-11-22). "Google Sky Map for Android helps you explore the universe". Computeractive. Incisive Media. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  3. Baig, Edward C. (2010-11-17). "Google Sky Map Android app travels through time". USA Today. ABC News. Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  4. Walker-Morgan, Dj (2012-01-23). "Google's Sky Map for Android now open source". The H. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  5. Taylor, John; Serafini, Kevin (2012-01-20). "Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University". Research @ Google. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  6. "stardroid". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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