SkySafari 4 Pro at Mac App Store analyse

***SkySafari Pro for Mac OS X has been upgraded! This is the old version. To get the latest SkySafari Pro for Mac OS X, search for SkySafari 5 Pro in the Mac App Store!***

SkySafari 4 Pro has an absolutely huge database of astronomical objects! It contains everything in SkySafari 4 Plus, and adds over 1.2 GB of data, including 25 million stars from both Hubble Guide Star catalogs, over 740,000 galaxies down to 18th magnitude, and over 630,000 solar system objects - including every comet and asteroid ever discovered. It simulates the view from anywhere in the solar system - or beyond it - at up to a million years in the past or future.

SkySafari 4 Pro includes NASAs latest Moon and Mars maps, with 8x the resolution of any other SkySafari version. Its an astronomical encyclopedia, with over 1500 encyclopedic descriptions of the constellations, stars, and planets written by professionals. And it includes 800 images from NASA space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the worlds foremost astro-photographers - now in breathtaking high definition on your Mac!

SkySafari 4 Pro takes advantage of Apples latest Mac OS X features. It understands multitouch gestures and supports full-screen mode. Its responsive, fluid interface borrows from the best of SkySafari for iOS.

All this is built into SkySafari 4 Pro - you dont need an internet connection to use it. SkySafari 4 Pro will revolutionize your astronomical viewing experience. If youre serious about astronomy, its a deal you cant afford to miss.

If youve used SkySafari Pro before, heres whats new in version 4:

* Apple Maps integration: choose your location from a built-in Maps view.
* Animated meteor showers, with complete viewing information and spectacular graphics.
* New horizon panoramas: Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco, Uluru (Ayers Rock) Australia, and the top of Mauna Kea on Hawaiis Big Island. Or add your own!
* New and updated descriptions for hundreds of objects.
* Objects lists under Search are now sortable by name, number, magnitude, RA, Dec, and many other properties.
* New Advanced Search options let you find objects using properties other than their name. For example, you can find all objects of a certain type, within a certain constellation, brighter than a certain magnitude, etc.
* New Telescope Equipment settings let you enter a list of all your telescope equipment. Select different combinations of eyepieces and telescopes to display field-of-view automatically. Set up a separate camera and auto-guider FOV. All FOV indicators can be labelled in the sky chart.
* Now log observations of objects directly from the Object Info view, or show all your observations of any object at once.
* New Variable Stars list, containing the brightest and best-known variables in the sky.
* Added descriptions for hundreds of small moons, asteroids, comets, satellites; and many images.
* All full screen images in Object Info now include hi-res versions for the iPad.
* Database now contains Guide Star Catalog 2.x stars to magnitude 15 - total 25 million (up from 15 million in SkySafari 3 Pro).
* Database now includes the complete General Catalog of Variable Stars and Washington Double Star catalogs.
* Dozens more tweaks, bug fixes, and additions we dont have room to list here!

le nez dans les étoiles

• ★★★★★   William de Clermont 10 years ago ( v 4.0.2 )

Excellente application qui se bonifie au fur et à mesure des versions. Les mises à jours mineures sont légions preuve que l’application est très suivie par ses développeurs. Je prépare toutes mes observations ou séances photos au moyen de ce logiciel. La dernière version gère encore mieux les différents matériels d’observations et de prise de vue. Du coup le calcul des champs apparents est plus simple.

Très bonne app

• ★★★★★   Robert_R 10 years ago ( v 4.0.2 )

Tout est dans le titre.Je l’utilise pour préparer mes observations et piloter mon télescope. Une version Fr serait peut être un plus…

très belle appli

• ★★★★☆   Biké97 10 years ago ( v 4.0.2 )

magnifique,une traduction française ainsi qu’ un tuto détaillé serait nécessaire pour mériter une cinquième étoile...

Le prix de cette application est beaucoup trop élevé ! Pas de français.

• ★☆☆☆☆   Jeanmi 9 years ago ( v 4.1 )

Quand les éditeurs prendront-ils en considération qu’ils doivent localiser leurs logiciels AVANT que de les commercialiser ? Marre de devoir supporter un logiciel qui n’est pas en français….. du coup, je me suis tourné vers Redschift bien moins cher, mieux spécifié même et en français… Demande de remboursement !

Very good

• ★★★★★   robbeh81 10 years ago ( v 4.0 )

This app is as excellent as the iOS version, many data, even fainter stars are in the database. Many options to manipulate the apperance to fit your needs. One thing is missing: iCloud Sync to sync observation list, settings and equipment. Additionally, a dedicated print feature would be nice. keep on the good work...

The best Astronomy Software on the Market

• ★★★★★   Tom_123 10 years ago ( v 4.0 )

The best Astronomy Software on the Market. Buying SkySafari 4 Pro for new Customers is highly recommended. Support is world class too. Over the last 5 Years I bought and tested nearly all known Astronomy Skychart Software on the market (spent more than 1000$) - this is my favorite by far. Upgrade from 1.8 Pro to 4 Pro (July 2014) is little expensive for the actual tiny improvements - maybe they work on new features :) i’I hope for: - more equipment types e.g. barlow lens etc. - selecting and adding many objects to an custom observing list at one time - highlighting of more than one custom observing list - different colors for highlighting selectable - options to use different typos for labels - ALL setting parameter in settings file

Somehow disappointing

• ★★☆☆☆   Mopperle 10 years ago ( v 4.0.2 )

Loving SkySafari on my iPad, I’m somehow disappointed from the Mac OS version. Functionality is the same, but at least under Yosemite the App is everything else then stable and reliable. Experience random crashes, e.g. when using „Location“. Saving a user-defined location doesn’t work at all, then sometimes choosing from map is not possible, same thing sometimes with choosing from list. So hopefully an update is on the way.

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