SkySafari Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Satellite Safari gives you a unique vantage point for what is in orbit

by Mel Martin (Mar 24th, 2013)

Satellite Safari is a new iOS app from the creators of Sky Safari. Rather than look at the universe, Satellite Safari has more local ambitions. The app contains a complete database of what is orbiting the earth. It allows you to find what is overhead, then view the spacecraft from earth, from ...

Check out tomorrow's asteroid close call on your iPhone or iPad

by Mel Martin (Feb 14th, 2013)

As you may have read, our home planet will have a close call tomorrow, February 15, with a 180,000-ton asteroid called 2012 DA14. There is no chance of a collision, but the space rock will come within 17,200 miles, closer than many of our communication satellites. You can follow the approach ...

If you're going to check out the Venus transit try to capture it with your iPhone

by Mel Martin (Jun 1st, 2012)

On Tuesday, Venus will pass in front of the sun for the last time until 2117. Southern Stars Group, LLC, makers of SkySafari for iOS wants people to use their iPhone or iPad cameras to capture the transit and have a chance to win an iPad, iPod touch, or a Samsung Galaxy tablet (which most of ...

Daily iPhone App: SkySafari

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 27th, 2011)

SkySafari from Southern Stars is an app for the astronomy enthusiast with an iPhone. It's the perfect companion for a new telescope owner, who can use the app to help locate celestial bodies in the sky, or the casual observer who wants to know the name of that bright star cluster overhead. It's ...

First RS-232 to dock connector interface controls telescope

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 4th, 2010)

In the video on the next page you'll see a demo of the SkySafari app from Southern Stars. It's a great app for astronomy buffs, complete with gorgeous renderings of the night sky and an illustrated astronomy textbook in one neat little package. You'll also see a product called SkyFi, which is a ...