Our Galaxy
Our Galaxy Summary
Our Galaxy is a mobile iOS app in Books And Reference by Otherwise. Released in Feb 2020 (6 years ago). It has 470 ratings with a 4.69★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 2.1K monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Aug 12, 2021.
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Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Feb 22, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Aug 12, 2021 .
4.69★
Ratings: 470
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App Description
Our Galaxy is a unique app for both amateur astronomers and astronomy educators. It helps you visualize the 3-dimensional locations of deep sky objects in and around our galaxy, and provides you with an understanding of their physical properties. It addition, it illustrates the structural components of the Galaxy, including the thin disk, thick disk, galactic bulge and stellar halo.
The 3-D interface allows you to see where the cluster or nebula of interest is located relative to the center and plane of the Galaxy. By panning around, or moving closer to or farther away from the object, you derive a sense of where the object really is in 3-dimensional space.
The app enhances the observing experience by helping the user arrive at an intuitive sense of physical location, size, luminosity, and distance for the chosen object. It also serves as a great tool for education and outreach with its unusual visual perspective on the location of deep sky objects and their relationship to the center and plane of our galaxy.
See more videos and screenshots at the otherwise.com website.
Our Galaxy is also available of macOS.