Perfect
Simple, perfect and really easy to check moon positions. I'm an amateur astronomer and Astrophotographer, this app is quicker and easier to use than any other app for moon positions.
Wonderful program!!!!!
With this program, I can easily and quickly determine when the Jovian moons and their shadows will pass in front of Jupiter. This is a great help for me. Also, when looking at Saturn, I can identify it's moons as well. I have never been able to do that.
You can set the time and date to view any 24 hour period
You can set the time and date to view any 24 hour period
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just what's needed
For a quick check of what moons you're seeing in the binoculars, this is perfect.
Simple but perfect
There are many astronomical apps on iOS but this one is simple but does what it sets out to do quite perfectly. This is an app that I know I will be using a a lot.
Nails it
Can you see Jupiter's red spot? Which moon is Titan? I used to look this info up but this app makes it all faster and does it so well that it has earned it's place on my in my Astronomy collection. My only minor nit is that if you want to get the positions for more than a day in the future it's a pain - you have to change the app settings. Why not just put this functionality in the rolling time control with a go to now button?
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Excellent first version
It does what it says on the tin ;-)
Perfect for identifying which moons are visible at outreach events, predicting a future view, or simulating the view through a telescope.
I'd like to see a future version do predictions of transits, shadow transits, eclipses, and transit times of the Great Red Spot.
Perfect for identifying which moons are visible at outreach events, predicting a future view, or simulating the view through a telescope.
I'd like to see a future version do predictions of transits, shadow transits, eclipses, and transit times of the Great Red Spot.
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Extremely useful at the telescope
This app comes from a dedicated developer and is extremely useful at the telescope. It's also great for showing bystanders how planetary satellites behave. I can't wait to see where future versions go!
Simple and perfect for what it does
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Works for me
Just got it and it works fine. I really like the huge equipment data base. It gives me a chance to virtually test the optics of my telescopes before I set them up.
Useful but flawed
This is a useful app for amateur astronomers planning their observations -- "hey, which of Jupiter's or Saturn's moons are going to be visible tonight" -- but it has a couple of issues I hope to see resolved in a future update.
First, pinching is extremely slow. Second, on my iPad, the app crashes when you try to select a custom telescope or eyepiece. On the Software Bisque support forums I discovered a fix that worked for me: powering off and restarting the iPad. Apparently the telescope and eyepiece menus (which are huge, and include everything) are just too big.
Support is a problem in that registration at the developer's site is required to do anything, including contacting the developer or even reading posts on the support forum, which strikes me as going to great lengths to avoid getting feedback from users.
First, pinching is extremely slow. Second, on my iPad, the app crashes when you try to select a custom telescope or eyepiece. On the Software Bisque support forums I discovered a fix that worked for me: powering off and restarting the iPad. Apparently the telescope and eyepiece menus (which are huge, and include everything) are just too big.
Support is a problem in that registration at the developer's site is required to do anything, including contacting the developer or even reading posts on the support forum, which strikes me as going to great lengths to avoid getting feedback from users.
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