SkySafari 7 Pro

SkySafari 7 Pro

By Simulation Curriculum Corp.

Score: 4.70571
4.70571
From 3,116 Ratings

Description

SkySafari makes stargazing a simple pleasure. It has the largest database of any astronomy app, includes every solar system object ever discovered, offers unparalleled accuracy, advanced planning and logging tools, flawless telescope control, and provides the very best experience under the stars when you depend on it. Don’t postpone joy. Discover why SkySafari is the #1 recommended astronomy app for serious amateur astronomers since 2009. Here's what’s new in version 7: + Complete support for iOS 16 and iPhone 14. Version 7 brings a new and immersive stargazing experience. + Events Finder - go to the new Events section to unlock a powerful search engine that finds astronomical events visible tonight and far into the future. The finder dynamically generates a listing of moon phases, eclipses, planetary moon events, meteor showers and planetary phenomenon 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 giant leap forward by supporting ASCOM Alpaca and INDI. These next generation control protocols allow you to effortlessly connect to hundreds of compatible astronomical devices. Stargazing is often done on your own but looking up at the stars 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 - allows you to see what other users are observing, in real time. This feature highlights objects in the sky chart and indicates with a number how many users are observing a particular object. SkyCast - allows you to guide a friend or group around the night sky through their own copy of SkySafari. After initiating SkyCast, you can generate a link and conveniently share it with other SkySafari users via text message, apps or social media accounts. + Sky Tonight - jump to the new Tonight section to see what’s visible in your sky tonight. Expanded information has been designed to help plan your night and includes Moon & Sun info, calendar curations, events and the best positioned deep sky and solar system objects. + Improved Observation 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. + Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets keep your favorite astro information at your fingertips. The Small Touches: + You can now edit the Jupiter GRS Longitude Value in the Settings. + Better Moon Age calculation. + New grid & reference options allow you to display Solstice and Equinox markers, Orbit + Node markers for all solar system objects, and tick marks and labels for the Ecliptic, Meridian, and Equator reference lines. + Previous In-app Purchases are Now Free - this includes the H-R diagram, 3D Galaxy view, and the PGC galaxy and GAIA star catalogs. Enjoy. + Many more. If you haven't used SkySafari 7 Pro before, here's what you can do with it: + Hold your device up, and SkySafari 7 Pro will find stars, constellations, planets, and more! + 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, log and plan your observations. + Optionally backup all of your observing data in our secure cloud storage and make it easily accessible to multiple devices as well as from our new web interface, LiveSky.com. + Augmented Reality (AR) mode + Night Vision. + Orbit Mode. Leave the Earth’s surface behind, and fly through our solar system. + Galaxy View shows the position of deep sky objects in our Milky Way! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://www.livesky.com/privacy.html

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Reviews

  • Powerful - the best you can get

    5
    By rigpasword
    I have the Pro Version and use it to find things in the sky, check what’s coming, learn about millions of objects, explore the solar system and galaxy, control my telescopes from my phone, simulate celestial events such as conjunctions, and just marvel at the beauty of the app itself. It’s best in a larger iPad screen but a smartphone also works. Super packed with features for any user, good support, and regular updates. Highly recommended. One of the apps I use the most (but then, I’m an amateur astronomer).
  • An amazing tool!

    5
    By scoping in idaho
    Both my father and I are avid amateur astrophotographers and this app in all its various versions is an absolute GODSEND! It allows us to figure out what we want to image, gives us the ability to control our scopes, not to mention the Gaia catalog. The augmented reality feature is also fun to play with. Simply put, whether you’re just starting out in your astronomy journey or are a grizzled veteran of gazing at the stars, sky safari is an easy to use app and is a must have tool/compendium of knowledge relating to the heavens above!
  • Sticky Keys - Runaway Slew on Celestron

    1
    By FishDad911
    Been using their App for over a year and its been good, until the sticky key issue.. It was reported in October 2023 and has not been fixed since. Coming from the software business, this is a coding fix - not too difficult. It makes the software almost unusable. Their Support said it would be fixed in next release. Well, that release was last week and ITS STILL NOT FIXED. A refund would be nice.
  • Same problem with control arrows

    2
    By conr767
    To developers, new update but no fix for control arrows sticking which renders connecting to my celestron cpc 1100 and aligning the stars useless. Needs fixing, the free sky portal doesn’t have this issue. Thought sky safari pro was more advanced and more accurate. Please address this issue in next update.
  • A great help for amateur astronomers

    5
    By midwest small city
    Sky Safari is very helpful for amateur astronomers performing star hops to difficult objects. It’s a great supplement to star charts. There are times when I cannot do a hop with a star chart, but using sky safari as a back up, saves the day, or night, as the case may be!
  • …where not even “the Sky’s the limit”

    5
    By MVF AZ
    Useful, capable, wonderful.
  • MERCENARY.

    1
    By EXTRA-ECCLESIAM-NULLA-SALUS
    So now there is a “premium” version of the “PRO” version?! You guys STAY UP NIGHTS dreaming of ways to extract money from your users, don’t you? This is the LAST TIME I purchase anything or new version (like we all get caught-up [in]) again - from this crazy-train!
  • Where are we?

    5
    By zzzz5678
    My favorite star guide! Thanks
  • What’s the point of the Pro Version?

    1
    By GCS
    I have been using the Plus version for years and it’s great. But, last night I was reading The Astrophotography Planner by Charles Bracken. It only covers 87 objects to photograph and one is CTB1 also known as Abell 85, the Garlic Nebula. I searched for this in Sky Safari Plus and it wasn’t there. It had Abell 82, 83, 84, and 86 but not 85. I thought, well, it must be time for me to upgrade to Sky Safari Pro since it’s supposed to have many more objects. But, Sky Safari Pro doesn’t have Abell 85 either. Why not? For the Pro version I expect that you would have the entire Abell catalog. Why add most of the Abell list but not all of it? Seems like I wasted my money on the Pro Version.
  • No Sony cameras

    4
    By chaorenyzb
    I am very surprised there are no Sony cameras in camera presets. The ZWO cameras are horribly labeled (every type is named as “ASI”. I understand we can customize the cameras, but the developers can definitely include cameras that are widely used.

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