{"id":13281,"date":"2016-10-03T01:13:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T05:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13281"},"modified":"2016-10-03T01:13:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T05:13:35","slug":"cosmic-watch-an-interactive-3d-tool-for-time-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13281","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic Watch &#8211; An interactive 3D tool for time and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cosmic-watch.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Cosmic-Watch<\/a>\u00a0app for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.cosmic_watch.cosmicwatch&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_d\">Android<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ch\/app\/cosmic-watch\/id971231853?mt=8\" target=\"_d\">Apple<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Cosmic Watch shows the local time at every location worldwide &#8211; just touch the place on the depicted globe to indicate the time. The watch is also an astronomical navigator, an armillary sphere (machine of the world), a radix chart, time travel machine, solar system simulator and eclipse detector. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>It&#8217;s an app that models the Earth, the solar system, and most of the familiar constellations in 3D specifically as they relate to both real time and any point in the past. The COSMIC WATCH is also a fun learning tool to explore the relation between time and the celestial dynamics. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COSMIC WATCH TEASER\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/127874250?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the\u00a0Cosmic-Watch\u00a0app for\u00a0Android\u00a0and\u00a0Apple: The Cosmic Watch shows the local time at every location worldwide &#8211; just touch the place on the depicted globe to indicate the time. The watch is also an astronomical navigator, an armillary sphere (machine of the world), a radix chart, time travel machine, solar system simulator and eclipse detector. It&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cosmic Watch &#8211; An interactive 3D tool for time and more<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3sd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12723,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12723","url_meta":{"origin":13281,"position":0},"title":"The Sun goes spotless as it falls towards a Minimum","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sun has gone spotless as it enters the less active phase of the solar cycle:\u00a0Vanishing Sunspots - Spaceweather.com - June.4.2016\u00a0- Forecasters expect the next Solar Minimum to arrive in 2019-2020. 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