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Explore Galaxy With New Google App
Star Droid helps cellphone astronomers with GPS, maps, tags
By Jess Kilby
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Posted May 11, 09 10:03 AM CDT
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Budding astronomers will soon have a new cell-phone tool that spots the stars they’re looking for, the Telegraph reports. Google’s Star Droid helps stargazers navigate the night sky using GPS technology that cross-references the user’s position with existing space maps, and adds identifying tags to the heavenly bodies that can be seen through the phone’s viewfinder. No release date has been announced.