Chuck, Going to check this out once the storm passes through .
Donna On Saturday, January 3, 2015, Chuck Alexander < chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Folks: This is kinda off topic, but my wife and I found an app that is > VERY interesting , specially if you are a start gazer like us. The app can > be used with any android device that has wi-fi, (and maybe other devices, > but we just d/l’d it to our Kindle Fire’s) and is amazing to us, It’s > called “Star Chart”, is free, and can be downloaded here > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.escapistgames.starchart > You can see all the stars and constellations above and around you as well > as being able to point if down to see the stars, constellations etc on the > other side of the earth from you, the southern hemisphere (assuming you > live in the Northern one and vise versa). Our grand daughters really love > it as well as you can “pinch and expand” the screen for a closer look and > get info that will pop up telling you how many light yrs that certain star > (or planet etc) is away from us and so on. Pretty amazing what they can do > these days with apps. The above app has links to other similar apps as > well, Chuck > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','vfb-mail@googlegroups.com');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','vfb-mail%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Donna's iPad.... -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.