SkySafari makes stargazing a simple pleasure. It has the largest database of any astronomy app, includes every solar system object ever discovered, offers unmatched accuracy, advanced planning and logging tools, flawless telescope control, and offers the best experience under the stars when you depend on it . Don’t postpone the joy. Find out why SkySafari has been the #1 recommended astronomy app for serious amateur astronomers since 2009.
Here’s what’s new in version 7:
+ Full support for Android 10 and above. Version 7 offers a new and immersive stargazing experience.
+ Events Search: Go to the new Events section to unlock a powerful search engine that finds visible astronomical events tonight and in the distant future. The finder dynamically generates a list of moon phases, eclipses, lunar planetary events, meteor showers, and planetary phenomena such as conjunctions, elongations, and oppositions.
+ Notifications: The notifications section has been completely revamped to allow you to customize and manage which events trigger an alert notification on your device.
+ Telescope Support: Telescope control is at the heart of SkySafari. Version 7 takes a huge leap forward by supporting ASCOM Alpaca and INDI. These next-generation control protocols allow you to easily connect to hundreds of compatible astronomy devices.
Stargazing is often done alone, but star gazing reminds us that we are all part of a larger interconnected universe. SkySafari 7 brings social stargazing to mobile devices with two new features to help you connect with other like-minded people.
OneSky – lets you see what other users are watching, in real time. This function highlights objects in the sky map and indicates with a number how many users are observing a particular object.
SkyCast – Lets you guide a friend or group through the night sky through their own copy of SkySafari. After launching SkyCast, you can generate a link and conveniently share it with other SkySafari users via SMS, apps or social media accounts.
+ Sky Tonight: Switch to the new Tonight section to see what’s visible in your sky tonight. The extensive information has been designed to help you plan your night and includes information about the Moon and Sun, calendar curations, events and the best placed deep sky and solar system objects.
+ Improved Observing Tools – SkySafari is the perfect tool to help you plan, record and organize your observations. New workflows make it easier to add, search, filter and sort data.
The little touches:
+ You can now change the GRS longitude value of Jupiter in Settings.
+ Better moon age calculation.
+ New grid and datum options display solstice and equinox markers, node + orbit markers for all solar system objects, and tick marks and labels for ecliptic datum lines , the meridian and the equator.
+ Previous in-app purchases are now free: this includes the H-R diagram, 3D galaxy view, and PGC galaxy and GAIA star catalogues. Enjoy.
+ Many more.
If you haven’t used SkySafari 7 Pro before, here’s what you can do with it:
+ Hold up your device and SkySafari 7 Pro will find stars, constellations, planets and more! The star chart automatically updates with your movements for the best stargazing experience.
+ Simulate the night sky up to 100,000 years in the past or future! Animate meteor showers, conjunctions, eclipses and other celestial events.
+ Control your telescope, record and plan your observations.
+ Optionally back up all your observing data to our secure cloud storage and make it easily accessible to multiple devices, as well as from our new web interface, LiveSky.com.
+ Night mode turns the screen red to preserve the eye’s ability to see faint objects.
+ Orbit mode. Leave the earth’s surface behind and fly through our solar system.
+ Galaxy View shows the location of deep sky objects in our Milky Way!
+ Much more!
