SkySafari 6 Pro will revolutionize your astronomical viewing experience. It has the largest database of any astronomy app, includes every solar system object ever discovered, offers unparalleled accuracy, flawless telescope control, and provides the very best experience under the stars when you depend on it. Discover why SkySafari 6 Pro is the #1 recommended astronomy software for serious amateur astronomers since 2009. Here's what's new in version 6: 1) Complete support for MacOS. We got you covered and release regular updates. 2) Clouds and Astronomy. Two words that rarely go together. Rewritten from the ground up, SkySafari 6 Pro will (optionally) back up 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. 3) We Have The Best Stars. Precise, modern and deep. We’ve updated our star catalog to use the latest and greatest, UCAC5 star catalog. If 25 million stars down to 15th magnitude isn’t enough for you, an easy in-app purchase gets you down to 16.5 magnitude and a whopping 100 million stars! 4) We Have The Best Galaxies. The PGC catalog includes galaxies down to 18th magnitude. Want more galaxies? How about 2.6 million more? An in-app purchase gives you access to the largest galaxy database available for your device. 5) Observers First. A redesign of our tools puts the active observer first. Quick access to features like your equipment, observing sites, lists, and observations make it easy and enjoyable to get out, observe, and record your observations. The observing sessions feature lets you collect your observations into groups that span a few hours, or a few nights. 6) Graph It. The completely new graph tool will give a quick visual representation of an object’s altitude above the horizon. Essential for planning your night’s observations. 7) Plan It. Make the most of your time under the stars. Our updated planner is a powerful tool that lets you create a list of targets for your observing session with filters like object types, specific time ranges, constellation, catalog, and more. Plan it and get more done. 8) Share It. SkySafari 6 is more than just an app, it’s a new system to help organize and share your observing experiences. With a free signup, you can see and share your observing data from our web portal, LiveSky.com! Affordable premium memberships add online editing, so you can not only view, but edit your observations, add new observing sites, manage your equipment and more. Finally, you can view, edit and manage your settings files with SkySafari Web, our fully functional web version. If you haven't used SkySafari 6 Pro before, here's what you can do with it: • SkySafari 6 Pro will find stars, constellations, planets, and more! The star chart has been designed for the ultimate stargazing experience. • Simulate the night sky up to 10,000 years in the past or future! Animate meteor showers, conjunctions, eclipses, and other celestial events. • Control your telescope, log and plan your observations. • 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! • Much more!
Still the Best
Long time user, since Carina's Voyager Software. I always buy the Pro version when it's updated--hands down my *best* amateur astronomy investment.
Persistent Field of View Bug
The "Field of View" panel has had a bug for a while, where the selection you make is not properly reflected in the FOV displayed. E.g., I would select a combination of [Celestron EdgeHD 800 2.5x Barlow ASI662] and the FOV on the screen would be for a completely different combo [ESPRIT100 0.75 reducer ASI071mc]. It's really frustrating and I can't believe they have gone over a year without fixing this bug.
Sky Safari Pro 6 and MacOS Ventura
This is a disaster, it takes minutes to load and quite often it says app not responding.. It used to work fine.. Got the same issue with the regular Sky Sfari 6
Great, except crashes importing observation lists
Import an obslist from the filesystem or the cloud. Instant crash.
Beyond Worthless
“SkySafari 6 Pro.app” is damaged and can’t be opened. Delete “SkySafari 6 Pro.app” and download it again from the App Store. Tried twice, and out 15 bucks. Junk. DO NOT PURCHASE! Yes, am running on a M1, but that's not exactly exotic hardware at this point.
Exceptional app
This app continues to be extraordinarily useful, beginners to find and read about things as well as more experienced users to run a telescope. The touch to select an item to move the telescope is just great. Great job, keep up the good work, I have bought new versions from 2 to current the day I have seen them released.
Excellent Astronomy Package
SkySafari is an excellent astronomy package, made better by its integration with LiveSky. However, there haven't been any updates in 4 years and there are some critical bugs. For example, the scope displays that I define can't be accurately turned on and off. It's like something gets mixed up in the enumeration, and when I turn on Scope A, Scope 6 can show up with Scope A's label. I can't trust it. Otherwise, it's awesome.
- Fixes label drawing on non-retina displays.
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