SkySafari 6 Pro 4+

Astronomy Guide To Night Sky

Simulation Curriculum Corp.

    • 4.7 • 826 Ratings
    • £19.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

SkySafari 7 Pro is now available. Please search for that app instead as this one is now an older version that will be removed from sale soon.

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, Augmented Reality (AR) mode, and provides the very best experience under the stars when you depend on it. Discover why SkySafari 6 Pro is the #1 recommended astronomy app for serious amateur astronomers since 2009.

Here's what's new in version 6:

1) Complete support for iOS 13 and iPhone 11. We release regular updates.

2) Clouds and Astronomy. Two words that rarely go together. 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) Say It. Ever just wanted to just yell at your device and tell it what to do!? SkySafari 6 adds basic voice control for a wide range of operations. Say “select Jupiter,” “search for Titan,” “center on Polaris” and SkySafari will do the work for you. Yelling optional. 

9) Tilt It. Every old astronomy app these days lets your tilt and pan your device to show different parts of the sky, but who else lets you control your telescope that way!? “Tilt to slew” is an optional mode allowing you to keep your eye in the eyepiece, and, using the accelerometers in your device, gently translate the movements of your hands into smooth telescope motion.

10) Share It. SkySafari 6 is more than just a mobile 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, (coming soon) 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:

• Hold your device up, and SkySafari 6 Pro will find stars, constellations, planets, and more! The star chart updates automatically with your movements 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!

What’s New

Version 6.8.5

Fixes connection issues with some Celestron WiFi telescopes.
Fixes import of Observing Lists from SkySafari 5 using Files app > Share workflow.
Performance Improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
826 Ratings

826 Ratings

Norfolk Traveller ,

Best astronomy app gets updated

It’s a great app. The reasons to upgrade from version 5 remain a bit of a mystery until the devs unveil livesky which, to get full use of, is a paid service. Until then you do get better planning software, along with the chance to pay for a bigger database DLC which is a nice option. The devs have produced the best astronomy app for IOS devices but it still lacks some features. It is low on customisation options for how the stars are displayed (brightness, size range /contrast would be nice), label font/colour, constellation line colours (you are stuck with a hard to read grey for constellations and deep space catalogue items) There is no option for custom horizons or simulated light pollution so there’s no way to simulate the what you can see if your local sky. IMO this is not able to replace more powerful desktop software packages but, for something that fits in your pocket, it is a quite amazing piece of software to have under the stars.

NGC007 ,

Observing log syncing

I have had Sky Safari since launch. I control my various Go-To telescopes with it on my iPad or iPhone depending on which telescope I am using.
If I complete an observation entry on my iPhone unfortunately it does not automatically sync with my iPad etc. I have to go through hoops to make it so. Lost so many logs over the years as I upgraded my iphones. WHY CAN YOU NOT FIX THIS?

I mean, while observing at the scope in the dead of night I use voice memos on my Apple Watch to describe what I am seeing. When I go indoors and pick up my iPad the voice memos are magically transferred making them easy to edit and transcribe to the observation log on sky safari where I will lose them when I upgrade!! They should sync also. For God sake it’s 2020, please sort this.

Sac-_pb ,

Perfect

This is really well put together. I’ve used another app for many years with scope control and many features and always felt that sky safari was a little less UI friendly.
But it is so much more powerful if your willing to give it the time to learn where everything is. I do still think the UI is ‘old style’ but it’s got so much under the hood. Eyepiece display, telescope control that is flawless no matter what system you have as a WiFi serial bridge, and observing lists that actually can be highlighted on the map itself. It’s brilliant.

In-App Purchases

Apollo Lunar Missions
Apollo Lunar Missions
3D Models and trajectories of Apollo Missions
£4.99
GAIA Extension Database
GAIA Extension Database
Adds 90 million stars (1.64 GB)
£9.99
PGC Extension Database
PGC Extension Database
Adds 3 million galaxies (200 MB)
£5.99
Interactive H-R Diagram
Interactive H-R Diagram
Displays the evolutionary stage of a star
£2.99

App Privacy

The developer, Simulation Curriculum Corp., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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