NearLight

SIX TELESCOPES - From Beginner to Pro • New: 305/1500 truss-tube Dobsonian. the 12-inch light bucket for deep sky • New: 203/2032 Schmidt-Cassegrain, a folded tube with ~1.7× more magnification and the mirrored image of the real thing • New: two beginner scopes, a 70/500 refractor and a 130/650 Newtonian • Eyepieces are now limited by the tube's field stop, and every telescope type shows its correct image orientation "TOP OBJECTS NOW" - For Beginners A golden rolling wheel at the left edge lists the ten best sights of this very moment: the Moon, the planets and the best-placed Messier objects. Spin it like a picker wheel, let it snap, and the camera slews there. Can be turned off; your choice is remembered. MOONLIGHT EATS DEEP SKY The Moon now brightens the sky around itself: a cool wash to the naked eye, and at the eyepiece the reason a galaxy vanishes on a moonlit night, driven by phase, altitude and separation, just like outside. ALSO NEW • Venus very bright through the eyepiece, the way she really does • A tent with a warm lantern camps beside the field • The telescope info explains the Barlow and the filters; one filter thread, as in real life IMPROVED & FIXED • German is now complete, including VoiceOver and every tooltip • iPhone: much lighter on memory, smooth scrolling in the lower window, and the audio window folds itself away after use • Faster launch; low-RAM iPads no longer keep every visited tab in memory • Stability: rare crashes from the 3D render thread eliminated • Wind turbine finally spins the right way