Description
MACWORLD 2010 BEST OF SHOW WINNER! SKY & TELESCOPE HOT PRODUCT FOR 2012!
As just reviewed in Sky & Telescope magazine, SkySafari 3 is "revolutionary" and a "game-changer". SkySafari 3 will change the way you do astronomy!
http://media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/Southern+Stars_Dec11.pdf
SkySafari 2 was "the most comprehensive astronomy app available for iOS" (iPhone Life, March-April 2011). Now, SkySafari version 3 comes in three versions, and all three offer more than ever before.
This is basic version of SkySafari 3. It shows you 120,000 stars, plus 220 of the best-known star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the sky. It displays the Solar System's major planets and moons using NASA spacecraft imagery, and includes the best-known asteroids and comets.
SkySafari 3 accurately shows you the sky from any place on Earth, at any time up to one million years in the past or future. It includes encyclopedic descriptions of the constellations, stars, and planets written by professional astronomers. And it contains hundreds of images from NASA space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the world's foremost astro-photographers.
If you have an iPhone/iPad with a compass, or an iPod Touch with a gyroscope, SkySafari can help you identify stars and planets by holding your phone next to them. Tap the Compass/Gyro button (or shake your phone) to activate the compass - now, as you move the phone around, the sky chart follows your motion. Search for any object in the sky, and follow the arrow on screen to find it!
SkySafari 3 has a "Night" button to preserve your dark adaptation as you're exploring the night sky. The Time Flow feature lets you animate the night sky using simple VCR controls - follow the motion of the stars and planets as SkySafari compresses days, months, and years into a few seconds.
SkySafari 3 includes SkyWeek - the mobile version of Sky & Telescope Magazine's super-popular "Sky at a Glance" column. SkyWeek features interactive sky charts for each day of the week, and links to more articles on S&T's website. SkyWeek shows you all major sky events: eclipses, conjunctions, good meteor showers — miss nothing!
And all this is just in the basic version! Don't be afraid to start small - you'll end with the universe at your fingertips! SkySafari's streamlined user interface puts both power and simplicity into your hands - and turns your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch into an invaluable tool for exploring the night sky. SkySafari is more than just a star chart - it's a celestial travel guide!
What's New in Version 3.1.1
1) Tilt your iPhone/iPad upward to activate the compass! Much easier than shaking the device, as before.
2) Import your own custom horizon panoramas by dragging them into the app from iTunes! Turn the horizon glow on or off. Add and delete Settings Files from iTunes, too.
3) The status bar at the top of the screen now shows a brief object description after you tap on it. You can still get more detailed information on the object by tapping the "Info" button in the toolbar.
4) Multiple constellation display options can now be turned on at the same time. You can now display constellation lines overlaid with mythical figures!
5) A new searchable location database now includes every city worldwide with more than 100,000 people - 4092 cities in all (vs. less than 1500 previously). Your custom user-defined locations are no longer overwritten when loading a Saved Settings file or when running SkyWeek.
6) Time flow controls have a new look that makes them easier to select.
7) You can now search for all objects in a star or deep sky catalog by typing just the catalog name or its standard abbreviation. For example, you can find all the Caldwell objects by searching for just "Caldwell" (or "C") without a specific object number.
8) Constellations are now searchable by common name (like "Southern Cross"). Searches for variable stars are now no longer case-sensitive.
9) Fixed positions and magnitudes of certain nebulae. Corrected inability to select small nebula symbols by tapping on them. Secondary components of double stars are no longer labelled until you're zoomed in enough to see them.
10) Fixed various memory leaks and corruption problems. Fixed miscellaneous crashes and graphic rendering problems.
Customer Reviews
Star gazer
Awesome app still learning how to use correctly. Having a ball every night :-)
Fix problem please.
Since updating the image stall all the time.
Makes it easy to identify space objects
Easy to find or identify space objects. I love it. Bargain, too!
- $2.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Feb 16, 2012
- Version: 3.1.1
- Size: 52.7 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Southern Stars
- © 2009-2011 Southern Stars. All Rights Reserved.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
