Emerald Observatory for iPad Hack 1.5.4 + Redeem Codes
Developer: Emerald Sequoia LLC
Category: Utilities
Price: Free
Version: 1.5.4
ID: com.emeraldsequoia.Observatory
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Description
Emerald Observatory displays a wealth of astronomical information all on one screen, in a unique but understandable format. Information includes:
- 12- and 24-hour ordinary clock time
- Times of rise and set for the Sun, the Moon, and the 5 classical planets
- Times of the beginning and ending of twilight
- Heliocentric orrery (display of the planets in orbit around the Sun)
- Altitude and azimuth for the same bodies (one body at a time)
- Current phase and apparent orientation and relative size of the moon
- Current regions of day and night on a world map
- The Equation of Time, solar time, UTC time, and sidereal time
- Month, day, year, and leap-year indicator
- Daily alarm (delivered as local notification on iOS 4+ if app is not running)
- Eclipse simulator
- Displayed times are synchronized via NTP to "atomic clock" standard
- Uses iPad location, or the latitude and longitude may be set manually
A setting is available to allow the display to stay on continuously.
Tap on the display to move forward by a month, day, year, hour, or minute. A detailed manual for the operation of Emerald Observatory can be found at the "Emerald Sequoia LLC Web Site" listed below, at http://emeraldsequoia.com/eo/
If you are having any trouble with the application whatsoever, please see our FAQ on the support page listed below and then contact us through that page if your problem is not resolved. We take pride in responding promptly to all support email requests but we can't fix it if you don't report it (and we have no way to respond to Customer Reviews on iTunes).
(NTP requires Internet access. Like all apps Emerald Observatory can not change the device's internal clock.)
- 12- and 24-hour ordinary clock time
- Times of rise and set for the Sun, the Moon, and the 5 classical planets
- Times of the beginning and ending of twilight
- Heliocentric orrery (display of the planets in orbit around the Sun)
- Altitude and azimuth for the same bodies (one body at a time)
- Current phase and apparent orientation and relative size of the moon
- Current regions of day and night on a world map
- The Equation of Time, solar time, UTC time, and sidereal time
- Month, day, year, and leap-year indicator
- Daily alarm (delivered as local notification on iOS 4+ if app is not running)
- Eclipse simulator
- Displayed times are synchronized via NTP to "atomic clock" standard
- Uses iPad location, or the latitude and longitude may be set manually
A setting is available to allow the display to stay on continuously.
Tap on the display to move forward by a month, day, year, hour, or minute. A detailed manual for the operation of Emerald Observatory can be found at the "Emerald Sequoia LLC Web Site" listed below, at http://emeraldsequoia.com/eo/
If you are having any trouble with the application whatsoever, please see our FAQ on the support page listed below and then contact us through that page if your problem is not resolved. We take pride in responding promptly to all support email requests but we can't fix it if you don't report it (and we have no way to respond to Customer Reviews on iTunes).
(NTP requires Internet access. Like all apps Emerald Observatory can not change the device's internal clock.)
Version history
1.5.4
2021-11-05
Support for iOS 15
1.4.6
2021-05-30
Fix initial Moon rotation.
1.4.5
2021-05-27
Support for dark mode
1.4.4
2021-02-15
Support for iOS 14
1.4.3
2018-05-02
Bug fixes
1.4.2
2017-12-11
Bug fixes
1.4.1
2016-11-30
- Support for iOS 10
1.4
2013-10-25
iOS 7 support
1.3.8
2012-09-25
Fix alarm when restarting app
1.3.7
2012-09-13
* new NTP implementation with smaller impact on pool servers
* Earth map terminator edge now has discrete steps to match twilight markers on main 24-hour ring
* minor aesthetic tweaks
* Earth map terminator edge now has discrete steps to match twilight markers on main 24-hour ring
* minor aesthetic tweaks
1.3.6
2012-04-20
minor bug fix
1.3.5
2012-03-15
Enhancements for Retina iPad and other minor aesthetic improvements.
1.3.4
2012-01-07
- fix alarm on autumn summer-time transition days
- different subdial tick marks for better readability
- EOT hand now moves continuously instead of once per day
- Earth map daylight region border refinement
- different subdial tick marks for better readability
- EOT hand now moves continuously instead of once per day
- Earth map daylight region border refinement
1.3.3
2011-09-13
- correct Moon orientation
- sidereal subdial now marked with constellation names
- sidereal subdial now marked with constellation names
1.3.2
2011-08-13
- Longer Local Notification sound for when alarm goes off in the background
- Support Cyrillic region formats
- More precise hand drawing for 24-hour hand and others
- Better behavior when iPad timezone changes
- Minor bugfixes
- Require iOS 4.3 to avoid local notification sound that can't be shut off
- Support Cyrillic region formats
- More precise hand drawing for 24-hour hand and others
- Better behavior when iPad timezone changes
- Minor bugfixes
- Require iOS 4.3 to avoid local notification sound that can't be shut off
1.3.1
2011-01-20
minor bug fixes and aesthetic improvements
improved startup animation
improved startup animation
1.3
2010-12-16
- Solar and lunar eclipse simulator
- iOS 4.2 support
- Alarm notification now given in iOS 4+ if app not running
- iOS 4.2 support
- Alarm notification now given in iOS 4+ if app not running
1.2.5
2010-10-21
transit time markers on the rise/set rings
extended EOT dial to +/- 17 minutes
extended EOT dial to +/- 17 minutes
1.2.3
2010-10-06
Chinese localization
1.2.2
2010-08-16
* Fixed bug setting the alarm to a time in the very near future when the NTP offset is negative
* Fixed several other minor bugs
* Fixed several other minor bugs
1.2.1
2010-08-03
two small bug fixes
1.2
2010-07-29
- Daily Alarm
- Solar noon indication
- Rotate the Moon to match the sky
- Noon on top option
- Option to stay on only when plugged in
- Italian, Spanish and Dutch localization
- Solar noon indication
- Rotate the Moon to match the sky
- Noon on top option
- Option to stay on only when plugged in
- Italian, Spanish and Dutch localization
1.1
2010-05-28
Japanese, German, and French localization
improve contrast of oceans in the Earth view
minor aesthetic improvements
improve contrast of oceans in the Earth view
minor aesthetic improvements
1.0.2
2010-04-09
- Fixed a situation in which the second hand could be stuck for a few seconds at startup
- Fixed a crash when entering the preferences in a low-memory situation
- Hide the twilight hands when they're invalid in winter or summer at high latitudes
- Minor aesthetic improvements
- Fixed a crash when entering the preferences in a low-memory situation
- Hide the twilight hands when they're invalid in winter or summer at high latitudes
- Minor aesthetic improvements
1.0.1
2010-04-01
Ways to hack Emerald Observatory for iPad
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Ratings
4.9 out of 5
70 Ratings
Reviews
Sixletterwordsplease?,
Perfection!
From my current Facebook post:
If you have even a casual interest in the night sky and own an iPad, you owe it to yourself to buy the Emerald Observatory app. I’ve been using it for over a decade now and it’s one of the few apps I truly love now just as much as the day I purchased it. The price is probably just a few dollars. As an instructional designer and technologist as well as a software developer, I’m simply in awe of how beautifully and perfectly this app is designed and the amount of information that is clearly displayed on ONE screen. Data visualization geeks and designers, take note! This is how the best of the best do it. Exquisite and elegant in every way.
If you have even a casual interest in the night sky and own an iPad, you owe it to yourself to buy the Emerald Observatory app. I’ve been using it for over a decade now and it’s one of the few apps I truly love now just as much as the day I purchased it. The price is probably just a few dollars. As an instructional designer and technologist as well as a software developer, I’m simply in awe of how beautifully and perfectly this app is designed and the amount of information that is clearly displayed on ONE screen. Data visualization geeks and designers, take note! This is how the best of the best do it. Exquisite and elegant in every way.
RickyMaveety,
Longtime Favorite
I have had this app for at least six years. It's hard to overstate how much I love it. First, it's beautiful just as a clock, but there is so much more. Sometimes I need a quick UTC reference, and it's there. Sometimes I just want to know what planets are going to be up in the night sky, and it's there. I have watched a few eclipses on it, because they aren't often visible from my spot on earth. I've learned about solar and sidereal time and so much else by exploring this app. It's simply great.
tantaya,
Essential through out the seasons
Also a longtime user, this app is essential if one wants to know our ‘place’ in the solar system, at any time in the day and in any season. The sun swing from solstice to solstice, the local sunrise and sunset, the variation in the day length over the year, are all tracked precisely in an elegant and beautiful manner. Only one wish- that I had this Emerald Observatory as a large clock on the wall in a place where I could glance at it often!
bfaylor,
My Favorite App
This is one of the few perfects app I have found to date. I have been using it for years and have never had an issue. It gives me a quick view of where the planets are at any given time, has a daily alarm (a beautiful gong sound) that wakes me up every morning and is visually stunning, to boot. Highly recommended if you want to know when the planets rise and set and are a sucker for old style scientific instruments.
SF Presidio,
Magnificent Union Of Form And Function
This is a splendid example of application development that is both a useful information center for Astronomy, as well as a beautiful timepiece. The dials are easy to read, and provide a wealth of useful data. Even if you have only a passing interest in the sky above, you will still have an intriguing display of several different ways to measure time. This app is an excellent investment for scholars of any age.
Vardois,
Amazing App
I’ve had this app since it was introduced many years ago. There is nothing even remotely similar to it, so I consider it unique among the tons of content out there.
As with every app that has been in the market for a long time, I hope the developers continue supporting it. The last update was done a year ago.
As with every app that has been in the market for a long time, I hope the developers continue supporting it. The last update was done a year ago.
Blue Pine,
lovely, interesting, useful!
This is a wonderful app, full of features, beautifully designed and imagined.
In addition to the primary features, I especially love the orrery (seeing where the planets are in their relative orbits around the "Sun" (the center of the clock)).
In this respect, as well as the above-horizon times, I wish they had gone beyond Saturn since the iPad has plenty of room to accommodate Uranus, Neptune and, yes, Pluto.
Why Pluto? Because like many people, I love Pluto, have read a great deal about that "dwarf" PLANET, and have followed the New Horizons (NASA) mission closely. Visiting this world has been a huge milestone, a completion of sorts. Pluto has a great importance in history, and I wish it had a place on this clock!
In addition to the primary features, I especially love the orrery (seeing where the planets are in their relative orbits around the "Sun" (the center of the clock)).
In this respect, as well as the above-horizon times, I wish they had gone beyond Saturn since the iPad has plenty of room to accommodate Uranus, Neptune and, yes, Pluto.
Why Pluto? Because like many people, I love Pluto, have read a great deal about that "dwarf" PLANET, and have followed the New Horizons (NASA) mission closely. Visiting this world has been a huge milestone, a completion of sorts. Pluto has a great importance in history, and I wish it had a place on this clock!
m45jak61,
A Visual and Intellectual Delight
Very informative, very beautiful to look at. It's well thought out, provides a lot of information and does it in a visually stunning format. I just can't say enough about this app.
Addendum: I don’t know how many years I’ve had this app but it consistently delights the eye and gives me so much information at the same time.
Addendum: I don’t know how many years I’ve had this app but it consistently delights the eye and gives me so much information at the same time.
faelynne,
One of the Most Beautiful, Functional Apps
I have had this app, it seems, ever since iPads first came out. It is one of the most beautiful clocks with astral events and other useful things that didn’t make me miss my analog clocks. It does what it says, and it does it well. Other clocks have come and gone, but this one is always one my iPad.
Bink_In_AK,
The most awesome clock in the store! Think wallpaper! (Wish)
I am absolutely mesmerized when I open this app. There is so much there! I would really love it if it could be ported to screen wallpaper.
