9.4
2020-08-09
- Added tap to expend telescope view
- Added tap compass button to toggle motion control
- Updated icons
- Fade out home bar
- Fix to manual location coordinate entry
- iOS Updates
9.2
2019-03-04
- iOS updates
9.1
2017-09-10
- Screenshot updates
9.0
2017-07-06
- Faster motion tracking
- Pluto 3D image updated
- iOS updates
- Bug fixes
8.1
2015-11-16
- iPad Pro support
- iOS 9.1 updates
- Time lapse control bug fix
- Comet updates
8.0
2015-10-26
- Compass alignment fix for iPhone 6s / 6s Plus
- iOS 9 updates
- Native iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus support
- Updated images
A recent review incorrectly states that the location is always tracked the background. Location is only used when the app is first started to correctly set the sky view and is then turned off to save power. Due to recent iOS security changes any app not updated for iOS 8 or later will default to showing location "Always" even if it is not always used. This version has been updated for "While Using the App" location access.
7.1
2014-05-11
Currently the motion control is not working properly with the new iPhone 6s and 6s plus. An update to address this has been submitted to Apple for review so hopefully it will be approved and available within the week. In the mean time motion control can be turned off in the preferences for manual control.
- iOS 8 compatible
- Popup 3D interactive planets
- 3D planets added to sky view
- Minor bug fix when returning from background.
- iOS 7.1 motion updates.
7.0
2013-11-07
- Native iOS 7 support
- New iOS 7 look
- Option to turn off screen text
- Improved responsiveness for iOS 7 on older devices.
- Automatic comet data updates
- Revised comet magnitude estimates
- Night mode improvements
6.2
2013-09-16
- iOS 7 compatible
- Comet data updates
- Night mode improvements
- Bug fixes
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6.1.1
2013-03-10
- Comets including PanSTARRS and ISON
- Danish language
- Constellation boundary corrections
- Location editing bug fix
- Star data update
- Online User's Guide
- Wikipedia links for popular comets
- Halley's comet added by popular request
6.1
2013-03-03
- Comets including PANSTARRS and ISON
- Danish language
Note that some people have reported problems when editing the location list. If you do experience the problem the work around is to delete the app and re-download it. You will not be charged twice to re-download. Our apologies for not detecting this earlier. We will release an update to fix this as soon as possible.
6.0
2012-09-26
- iPhone 5 widescreen display.
- iOS 6 updates.
- Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
5.2
2012-06-15
Version 5.2
- Information button moved to center of screen. Touch center of screen or popup images to view object information.
- Improved object targeting
- Bug fixes
Version 5.1
- Graphics updates
- Bug fixes
Version 5.0
- New iPad retina display support
- Time lapse object tracking
- Japanese language added
- Chinese language added
- Improved iPad Wikipedia browser
- Local language Wikipedia links
- Local language star names
- Selectable background images
- Magellanic clouds added
- Improved location selection
- Night mode improvements (iOS 5)
- iOS 5 updates
- Graphics updates
- Bug fixes
5.1
2012-05-20
Version 5.1
- Graphics updates
- Bug fixes
Version 5.0
- New iPad retina display support
- Time lapse object tracking
- Japanese language added
- Chinese language added
- Improved iPad Wikipedia browser
- Local language Wikipedia links
- Local language star names
- Selectable background images
- Magellanic clouds added
- Improved location selection
- Night mode improvements (iOS 5)
- iOS 5 updates
- Graphics updates
- Bug fixes
5.0
2012-05-04
- New iPad retina display support
- Time lapse object tracking
- Japanese language added
- Chinese language added
- Improved iPad Wikipedia browser
- Local language Wikipedia links
- Local language star names
- Selectable background images
- Magellanic clouds added
- Improved location selection
- Night mode improvements (iOS 5)
- iOS 5 updates
- Graphics updates
- Bug fixes
4.6
2011-08-16
- Spanish language
- Italian language
- Wikipedia local language links for stars and deep sky objects
- Bug fix for devices using iOS 3.2.2 or earlier
- Bug fix for motion control
4.5
2011-07-29
*** Problems have been reported with this update on devices using iOS 3.2.2 or earlier. An update to address this problem will be available shortly.
- French language improvements
- German language improvements
- Fix for crash when location cannot be found
4.4
2011-07-19
- Moon phase calendar
- Sun rise/set times
- Interactive graphical ephemeris
- Fix for Wikipedia links
- Fix for date and time selection
- Fix for time zone selection
- Fix for compass calibration
4.3
2010-09-13
• Additional iPhone 4 retina display updates
• Improved preferences night vision
4.2
2010-08-23
* iPhone 4 gyroscope control
* iPhone 4 retina display updates
* Motion navigation improvements:
- Below horizon motion navigation
- More accurate screen positioning with touch drag
- Touch to freeze display in overhead mode
- Double tap to exit motion control
* Improved memory usage
* Compass calibration message not shown when compass disabled
* Bug fix for time control ephemeris data
* Bug fix for location latitude/longitude changes
4.1
2010-04-30
* Requires at least iPhone OS version 3.1.2 or iPad OS version 3.2
- Improved finder graphics
- Improved performance
- Star light date finder automatically advances to birthdate
- Fix for low memory warning on iPad
- Fix for object finder
- Fix for location changes
- Fix for iPad popovers
4.0.1
2010-04-08
*** Requires iPhone OS 3.1.3 or iPad OS 3.2 to install
- Universal update for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
- Birthday star finder
- All new streamlined controls
- Ability to search stars and DSOs by name, distance and magnitude
- Automatic location find on app startup
- More cities added to built in cities list
- Milky Way dims with star magnitude control
- Single accelerometer/compass disable preference
- Option to make text larger
- More WikiPedia links
- In app WikiPedia web browser (iPad only)
- Night mode improvements
- Improved graphics
- German language correction
- Touchless navigation starts below horizon
3.4
2009-09-02
- Night vision improvements
- German language corrections
- Preferences fix
- Settings fix
3.3
2009-08-07
- iPhone 3GS compass support
- Improved accelerometer navigation