Observation 1.7


Category: Utilities
Price: $3.99 -> Free, Version: 1.7 (iTunes)

Description:

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Currently FREE in support of Attilla Danko Clear Sky Chart service.

2.0 is coming soon with new features, iOS 4 and iPad support. Until then, enjoy!

Please be aware, there are known problems with iOS 4 and the current version.
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Observation is a tool to help amateur astronomers record observations in the field.

View a graphical representation of the current Clear Sky Chart for nearby locations. Find the object you're observing in the NGC/IC or the Hipparcos catalog. Create custom objects at the time of observation if you see something new. Create custom equipment for selection when making an observation.

Observation will use all of this information to help you log your night out under the stars. Spend more of your time looking up, rather than down at a logbook.

What it's not: Observation is not a planetarium.

Current Conditions & Forecast

Select from a nearby Clear Sky Chart and see more than just the temperature and cloud cover forecast. Observation will show you both the seeing and transparency at the given site with hourly forecasts up to 8 hours into the future.

Seeing: Observation uses a graphical scale to quantify the steadiness or turbulence of the atmosphere.

Transparency: Observation uses a graphical scale to quantify the transparency of the atmosphere.

Log Entries

Observation is designed to make recording observations on your phone in the field as easy as possible. All information that can be filled in for you automatically is, and things like equipment can be defined and then selected for any log entries you make.

Export Your Logs: Observation will allow you to email your log entries in CSV format to yourself, your friends, or anyone. This allows you to keep a backup copy of your lot entries outside of Observation and off your phone aside from the standard iPhone backup.

Automatic Fields: The date and time of the observation, your current GPS coordinates, as well as the seeing and transparency conditions read from your selected Clear Sky Chart are all filled in for you. Once you select an object, its RA, declination, and magnitude will be shown in the entry. The equipment used to make the observation can be selected from your list of equipment. You may also enter an observed RA, declination, and magnitude for the object, as well as any notes you may have.

Objects

Observation includes all objects from the NGC 2000.0 catalog and a portion of the Hipparcos catalog to provide tens of thousands of objects already available for logging. Additionally you may define your own objects as needed. The Observation object catalog allows for searching your custom objects, catalog objects, or both to find what you're looking at.

Equipment

Observation allows you to enter all of your equipment in order to quickly add it to a log entry. Included are 8 common equipment types with easy to recognize icons so you may browse quickly through a large list of equipment to find what you're looking for. You may also search the equipment list by name.

Night Mode

The entire application can be tinted red for ease of use when dark-adapted.

Custom Location

Use the phone's current location... or don't. Observation will allow you to enter custom coordinates in one of three accepted formats instead of using the device's current coordinates. This will be used to select nearby Clear Sky Charts and will be stored in Log Entries.

Conditions data courtesy of The Clear Sky Chart, © 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Attilla Danko http://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/

What's New

New Conditions Location Selection: Select the location to view conditions from a list of nearby locations or browse a full list of all available Clear Sky Chart locations.

This version should also reduce the overall network usage of Observation in fetching Conditions information as well as improve performance slightly.

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