Google to launch "Star Droid" app

Google is preparing to launch a mobile phone application called Star Droid that can help amateur astronomers identify stars and planets. The Telegraph reports.

The search engine software will use GPS technology to compare the position of the phone user with existing maps of space, attaching name tags to the stars and planets that can be seen through the phone's viewfinder.

The application could reignite interest in planets and constellations that has been dampened by light pollution from street lamps that make the night sky hard to observe.

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emily | 8:57 AM | Cell Phone Apps and Advertising |
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