SkySafari 8 Pro

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Your Sky. Now Fully Imaged. Fully Solved. Fully Yours.

SkySafari 8 marks a bold shift toward modern astrophotography and advanced imaging workflows without abandoning the rock-solid observing foundation SkySafari is known for.

The Big Leap: Imaging Comes Home

Native Alpaca Camera Control
Connect directly to Alpaca-compatible cameras and imaging devices—no duct tape, no workarounds. Capture images from supported hardware right inside SkySafari and bring your imaging workflow under one celestial roof.

Image Gallery with Flexible Imports
Your images, your way. Seamlessly pulled into your personal sky library from:

• Photo Gallery
• Local or remote files
• Captured imaging sessions
• AstroBin.com

Plate Solving Built In
Solve images directly in SkySafari to identify objects, confirm framing, and anchor your captures with precision. No guessing. No alt-tabbing into the void.

Pin Images to the Sky Chart
Pin solved images directly onto the sky chart to build a personalized, living cosmos—your observations, your captures, your universe layered over reality itself.

SmartEye Digital Eyepiece Integration
The SkySafari technology running on-board the revolutionary new smart eyepiece is best experienced with SkySafari 8 Pro paired on your mobile device.

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Still the Most Powerful Sky Engine on Mobile

Under the hood, SkySafari 8 Pro remains a data-rich beast:

• Over 100 million stars from GAIA and Hipparcos
• 780,000 deep-sky objects
• 3 million galaxies from the PGC
• 20,000 Abell & Zwicky galaxy clusters
• 750,000+ solar system objects, including asteroids, comets, and satellites
• Accurate sky simulations 5 million years backward or forward

Whether you’re planning tonight’s imaging run or recreating the sky from humanity’s deep past (or far future), the math always solves.

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Field of View Tools (Know Before You Slew)

SkySafari’s FOV tools turn guesswork into geometry. You’ll know exactly what fits, what doesn’t, and why — before the telescope ever moves.

Visual FOV Overlays

• Display true field-of-view circles directly on the sky chart
• Instantly see how objects fit in your eyepiece, camera, or finder
• Multiple FOVs can be shown at once for quick comparison

Equipment-Accurate Framing

• FOVs calculated from real optical parameters
• Supports telescopes, eyepieces, reducers, Barlows, and cameras
• Accurate for both visual observing and imaging setups

Unlimited Custom FOVs

• Create and save as many FOV presets as you like
• Switch setups instantly — visual, imaging, wide-field, planetary
• Perfect for users with multiple scopes or evolving rigs

Imaging-Ready Precision

• Rectangular and circular FOVs for cameras and sensors
• Match sensor size, orientation, and scale
• Essential for framing targets before capture or plate solving

Smart Scaling & Zoom Behavior

• FOVs scale smoothly as you zoom the chart
• Labels stay readable without clutter
• Always contextual, never intrusive

Planning Confidence

• See framing before you observe or image
• Avoid wasted slews, missed targets, and awkward crops
• What you see on the chart is what you’ll see at the scope

Bottom line:
If it fits on the screen, it fits in your setup. If it doesn’t… SkySafari tells you before the night does.

Telescope & Observing, Sharpened

• Expansive telescope support including ASCOM Alpaca & INDI
• StarSense Explorer™ integration for fast alignment and object finding
• Market-leading observation planning, logging, filtering, and sorting
• Powerful event finder with new appulse and ISS transit search
• High resolution Moon surface features map with convenient filtering
• Professional grids, reference markers, orbit nodes, and labeled celestial lines
• Editable Jupiter GRS longitude and improved Moon age calculations
• Sky Tonight provides a clear, simple snapshot of the night ahead

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Orbit Mode: The Sky, Set Free

Most sky apps show you the universe from a locked location on Earth. SkySafari breaks those chains with blastoff to your selected celestial location.

Orbit Mode unlocks true three-dimensional space, allowing you to move freely around planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and stars, observing the cosmos not as a flat map, but as a living system in motion.

True 3D, Not a Camera Trick

• Objects exist in accurate spatial relationships, not clever projections
• Distances, scales, inclinations, and orientations are preserved
• What you’re seeing is geometry, not illusion

Endless Perspectives

• Orbit a planet to watch its moons trace their paths
• Step outside the ecliptic and see the solar system from above
• Move behind, beneath, or far beyond any object to understand how it really moves through space

Motion You Can Feel

• Watch orbital mechanics play out in real time—or fast-forward millions of years
• See precession, retrograde motion, resonances, and alignments unfold naturally
• Suddenly, “why” becomes obvious

From Any World, At Any Time

• View the sky from Earth, Mars, a moon of Jupiter, or deep interstellar space
• Combine Orbit Mode with time travel to explore the past and future of the universe
• Change your vantage point. Change your understanding.

Precision Under the Poetry

• Based on high-accuracy ephemerides and trusted astronomical data
• Every orbit, every position, every motion calculated—not animated
• Beautiful because it’s correct

The result:
Orbit Mode doesn’t just show you where things are.  It shows you how the universe works from any angle you can imagine.

Once you start moving through space instead of just looking at it, there’s no going back.

Socialize Your Sky

• OneSky: See what other users are observing—in real time
• SkyCast: Guide friends or groups through the sky via shared sessions

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The Net Net

SkySafari 8 isn’t just about finding objects anymore. It’s about capturing them, solving them, pinning them, and turning the sky into something uniquely yours.

Observation meets imaging. Data meets artistry. Your cosmos, fully customized.

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Premium Perks (Because the Universe Likes VIPs)

• Exclusive & early content on the best celestial sights and upcoming astro events
• Tips, tricks, observing guides, and behind-the-scenes adventures from expert contributors
• Observing Weather forecasts including sky quality, seeing, and precipitation probability
• Full LiveSky.com Premium access, including the SkySafari web simulator
• Light Pollution Map
• StarPX.com remote plate solving for those who want more horsepower
• Upgraded OneSky data access and unlimited SkyCast viewers
• Image Casting (coming soon)