Chicken Flash

Dive into the world of ancient astronomy and celestial navigation with Chicken Flash 🌌⭐🧭! This app will help you explore how an astrolabe works and learn to read the starry sky just as scientists, travelers and navigators did centuries ago.

🌠 Learn about the structure of a classic astrolabe using interactive models. Explore the star grid and the plates with celestial coordinates while observing the movement of the night sky in real time.

🔭 Rotate the grid and analyze the positions of celestial bodies. Watch how the star chart changes depending on the time and position in the sky.

📐 Use tools to determine the altitude of objects above the horizon. The app helps you understand the principles of measurement that were used long before the advent of modern navigation devices.

🧭 Find directions and learn historical methods of orientation. Discover how the shadow square works, as well as navigation charts and methods for determining the qibla and other important directions.