I come back to this app often 😍
I love this app!!! My fav thing about it is the level of customization that I can apply, depending on how I'm using it on a given night (or day). One caveat though. Once in awhile information about an object may seem a little off. So confirm with multiple sources. That doesn't bother me because I love researching and picture surfing anyway. A recent example is the object known as SagDEG. My version of SkySafari Pro has it as 46,000 light years from Earth. Elsewhere, it is thought to be 70,000 light years from Earth (which seems more likely to me for a couple of reasons). But get the app, enjoy it, and dig deep into the info. Let SkySafari be your guide, and the vast night sky will astonish you over and over again.
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Wow!
I have learned soooo much from this app! Give it as a Christmas gift to anyone in your family!! I totally luv it!! Be assured that family & friends will be impressed!! I luv it when I hear a notice that something is happening in the sky!! I always get up no matter what time & go outside to look!! Thank u for this incredible app!!
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Wonderful experience for a novice
Immediately represented the sky above me with no set up. I allowed location access and agreed let it set sky to my time and boom. Perfect match with what I see above me. Great identification information.
I can twirl about and hold phone at any angle and it follows in real time. No lag or jumpiness.
I am sure more advanced users can continue to have just as much fun.
I can twirl about and hold phone at any angle and it follows in real time. No lag or jumpiness.
I am sure more advanced users can continue to have just as much fun.
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Amazing Precision!
With this wondrous app, you can go back 2000 or more years and see eclipses mentioned by the ancients exactly as they witnessed them! Sunrise and moonrise times are exact to the second. You can plan photographs to include alignments between celestial objects and monuments to the nearest 1/16 inch of tripod location. You can see how the precession of the Earth’s axis over 1000’s of years changed the view of of the night sky during the winter solstice. Phases of the moon are very realistic. Amazing number of exotic objects you can track, like the quasar 3C 273. And of course, fantastically precise placement of all celestial objects. Easy manipulation of time and any location on earth from which to view the night sky. I’m overwhelmed with delight about this app!
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DID I JUST GET RIPPED OFF?
I bought the app SkySafari 6 and downloaded it to my iPhone. Later when I went back to the App Store to download it to my iPad, i noticed the note at the bottom telling me SS6 was an old version and SS7 was now available. THIS WAS THE SAME DAY! When I went over to the SS7 app, expecting to have access to to at least a reduced rate for an update to my BRAND NEW OUT OF DATE APP I was shocked to find that I’m expected to pay even more for 7 than I did for 6.
If this is what it appears to be, it is outrageous. And not only will I NOT buy SS7, I will demand a refund for the obsolete version you sold me.
I will wait patiently for a reply. But not for long!
If this is what it appears to be, it is outrageous. And not only will I NOT buy SS7, I will demand a refund for the obsolete version you sold me.
I will wait patiently for a reply. But not for long!
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Ongoing support?
I purchased SkySafari Pro 6 a while ago and updates are few and far between. Now that SkySafari pro 7 is out and no upgrade credit for having 6 is available will SkySafari Pro 6 be left in the dust? I hope not, as it wasn’t cheap. There should at least be a discount for having purchased 6 pro.. Goto functionality with my Atlas Pro mount was buggy/unusable for the longest time. They need to respect older versions.
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Even better than expected
I thought that this would be good. It is excellent. Easy to use, informative, great graphics. Recognizes the sky with camera with ease. If you like the universe’s night sky and have the $. Buy it. You won’t be disappointed.
Perfect, but no discount upgrade to SSP7?
I have not a bad word to say about SSP6, I use it every time I go out observing. It has taught me so much of the night sky!
That said, my hang up at this particular moment is that I was given a pop up promising 50% off SSP7. I tapped it through to the App Store, where the upgrade was simply full price.
What can I do?
That said, my hang up at this particular moment is that I was given a pop up promising 50% off SSP7. I tapped it through to the App Store, where the upgrade was simply full price.
What can I do?
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Where is the Upgrade?
I saw an option to upgrade for a 50% discount but then when I look on my phone I no longer see the pop-up and I can’t find the option to upgrade anymore is it no longer available?
Difficult to use
I saw a video of an astrophotographer who raved about this app as an upgraded method to plan and direct their mount when using an ASIAIR pro. It took me a while to figure out how to get the app to display my field of view boxes to display on the sky. When searching for objects using names such as Cat’s Paw or Tulip nebula, half don’t show up without an exact catalog designation. Good luck finding Sharpless 101 with the search. I planned on using the FOV indicators to determine which equipment to use for objects, but half the ones I look up don’t show an image. (Wizard nebula, Tulip nebula) Lastly, the compass feature keeps turning itself on while I’m trying to look at a region, and sometimes it doesn’t let me turn it off. Maybe my expectations were set too high, but I find it would be a perfect app, if it wasn’t so difficult for me to use.
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This is astonishing
I have had Starry Night Pro on Mac for many years. SkySafari is all that AND portable. The detail and sheer amount of information is amazing. Having all of this functionality on an iPad is incredibly useful.
I first installed this on my 13” iPad Pro, assuming this would need all of that power to run smoothly. But it also runs just fine on my Mini 5.
For a new astronomy enthusiast, this has everything you need to get started. For someone like me, who has been looking at the sky for many years, this is an awesome reference.
I first installed this on my 13” iPad Pro, assuming this would need all of that power to run smoothly. But it also runs just fine on my Mini 5.
For a new astronomy enthusiast, this has everything you need to get started. For someone like me, who has been looking at the sky for many years, this is an awesome reference.
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Works when it wants to but great when it does
This app was great when I first loaded it a little over a year ago but now the connection stability is intermittent. Also, when I turn the screen off and stick the phone in my pocket to observe a target then, turn the phone back on to use the app, reconnection is slow and at times it will not connect and I’ll lose alignment. There also seems to be a bit of a lag between completing three star alignment and start of tracking which brings the target off center. So, if you goto a target it will also be off center or sometimes out of FOV and you have to do a little searching around to find the object. I try to fix this by centering the object in the eyepiece the hitting align in the app but this function work maybe half the time. The lag also happens with the Celestron hand controller so it may be a scope software issue. When using this app you are connecting it via the telescopes wifi so if you want to control any other devices via wifi (I use a Sony a7ii for Astrophotography connected via wifi) you will need another phone, laptop, tablet to control both simultaneously. The live telescope view does not work 90% of the time.
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One of the best available - but having some problems with in-app upgrades
This is a remarkable tool and is definitely great for serious stargazers as well those new to the hobby. However, as mentioned by others, the in-App purchases look to be very interesting, but have problems installing correctly. For instance, I purchased the Apollo Missions add on and, despite my best efforts, it still won’t launch. I even uninstalled and reinstalled the whole app and still no success. Maybe it’s not compatible with Apple’s newest OS? Who knows. But I am unable to get any support from the developers in the forum. At this point, I wished I could get a refund. It‘a not much money...but it is the principle. They need to remove them until the problem is fixed.
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Awesome! Except?
This app is great except that every time I go to use it, if I haven’t used it for a week the app won’t open and I have to delete it and download again. I then must re-enter all my scope data. What a hassle huh? A real short coming for such a well thought out app. Still, it beats using the controller that came with my scope, especially in the field and, in cold weather. If not for that I would give 5 stars, maybe they’ll fix it.
Addendum, it appears I may be mistaken about having to reload my equipment data. I know I had to the first time I deleted the app but in subsequent deletes I discovered that my equipment data and observer lists were still there. They must store that elsewhere on the smart phone. That being the case I’m changing my rating to 5 stars despite the glitch.
To the developer, you requested specific information but provided a link to your support community without any way to reach you. It’s version 6.7.6.2 , when I touch the icon to open the app the opening page displays momentarily then quits and returns to my phones Home Screen. That’s all I can tell you. Am using iPhone 8 with automatic iOS updates.
Addendum, it appears I may be mistaken about having to reload my equipment data. I know I had to the first time I deleted the app but in subsequent deletes I discovered that my equipment data and observer lists were still there. They must store that elsewhere on the smart phone. That being the case I’m changing my rating to 5 stars despite the glitch.
To the developer, you requested specific information but provided a link to your support community without any way to reach you. It’s version 6.7.6.2 , when I touch the icon to open the app the opening page displays momentarily then quits and returns to my phones Home Screen. That’s all I can tell you. Am using iPhone 8 with automatic iOS updates.
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Response from developer
Hi, please can reach us directly at https://support.simulationcurriculum.com/hc/en-us/requests/new - we want to figure out what might be happening. Thank you!
Great App. But my telescope won’t be controlled.
I used the free version for a long time. I really like this application. I recently bought a 10’’ SCT with GoTo. I was so looking forward to controlling the scope with my iPhone and iPad. But, I cannot get the two to cooperate. After a few hours of trying and retrying and researching, it looks like my scope is just not responding and the application is not expecting that. Who would?
I would appreciate a refund. I’ll keep the other app I bought, the one without the scope control. Sorry it didn’t work out.
I would appreciate a refund. I’ll keep the other app I bought, the one without the scope control. Sorry it didn’t work out.
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Horrible Support
Dear Simulation Curriculum Team, please figure out how to do support right. I want to display solar system distances in miles, but cannot figure out how to do this. Object Info shows distances in km and light time units (usually seconds or minutes). How do I see miles? Many people on Cloudy Nights are asking about this, too.
You need to have an email or contact chat where we can ask questions like this. Thanks in advance for your help.
You need to have an email or contact chat where we can ask questions like this. Thanks in advance for your help.
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It could be way better.
I have a few suggestions:
1. Can you add ability to tag up to three items. So their position can be tracked relative to each other over time? More like a group select feature.
2. An option to select specific satellites to track would also be great rather than having the thousands available displayed at once making the app useless and impossible to view.
3. Must have feature: When in AR Mode, can a manual or machine learning AI based “correction” be applied by identifying the position of the sun or moon and making appropriate position and view correction and keeping the correction locked in even after the AR mode is existed. I think this is critical for accurate positioning and data and act as a secondary calibration method. This will also allow for a fix when the on-device compass goes out of wack and will allow manual compass adjustments.
1. Can you add ability to tag up to three items. So their position can be tracked relative to each other over time? More like a group select feature.
2. An option to select specific satellites to track would also be great rather than having the thousands available displayed at once making the app useless and impossible to view.
3. Must have feature: When in AR Mode, can a manual or machine learning AI based “correction” be applied by identifying the position of the sun or moon and making appropriate position and view correction and keeping the correction locked in even after the AR mode is existed. I think this is critical for accurate positioning and data and act as a secondary calibration method. This will also allow for a fix when the on-device compass goes out of wack and will allow manual compass adjustments.
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SkySafari has always been a great app!
09 Dec 2020
SkySafari has always been a great app for observational use as well as communicating upcoming events. I use it for myself as well as for others as a pointer for where to look for the events like yhis year’s closest conjunction between Saturn and Jupiter in 800 years.
Along with this “emailed” info, I also like to show screen shots on a day by day basis 5 days befor and after the event like this.
Unfortunately, on of the big drawbacks in automatically advancing and recording the animation is that the user does not have any control over how fast those increments jumps in time occur. I’d really like to see the fixed as a setting so it can be slowed down to a reasonable timelapse sequence, especially on increments larger than a minute.
I resort to manually stepping thru while recording right now.
If this was changed, I would not hesitate to this up to 5 stars. It is very close to that now.
SkySafari has always been a great app for observational use as well as communicating upcoming events. I use it for myself as well as for others as a pointer for where to look for the events like yhis year’s closest conjunction between Saturn and Jupiter in 800 years.
Along with this “emailed” info, I also like to show screen shots on a day by day basis 5 days befor and after the event like this.
Unfortunately, on of the big drawbacks in automatically advancing and recording the animation is that the user does not have any control over how fast those increments jumps in time occur. I’d really like to see the fixed as a setting so it can be slowed down to a reasonable timelapse sequence, especially on increments larger than a minute.
I resort to manually stepping thru while recording right now.
If this was changed, I would not hesitate to this up to 5 stars. It is very close to that now.
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Star dreams
See. I grew up in the foothills east of San Diego, California. The sky is often clear enough to see many stars most of the year. Sky & Telescope magazine makes it easy to explore the sky and follow the location of planets , stars, and comets. Now I live in Fresno where the sky is most often shrouded by haze, and now it’s worse with the Summer-long forrest fires. But with Sky Safari Pro I can follow the gems in the sky without concern for the haze, dust storms, or the occasional low pressure area.
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Update problem
I updated the app and now it will not go into
[AR] in compass mode does nothing. So now I’m using SkyPortal to view the sky in [AR] mode.
Hopefully they will fix this new issue they created with another update very soon. The program is fantastic otherwise easy to use, I control my telescope with it.
Jw
[AR] in compass mode does nothing. So now I’m using SkyPortal to view the sky in [AR] mode.
Hopefully they will fix this new issue they created with another update very soon. The program is fantastic otherwise easy to use, I control my telescope with it.
Jw
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