SkySafari 8 Pro

SkySafari 8 Pro sets a new standard for mobile astronomy. Built on the most complete astronomical database ever put on a phone, it delivers unmatched accuracy, powerful observing and planning tools, seamless telescope and Alpaca camera control, and a beautifully refined interface. Whether you're exploring from your backyard or planning an all-night session, SkySafari 8 Pro gives you the clarity, precision, and reliability that serious observers depend on.

What’s New in Version 8

• UI Themes - Customize your experience with five new UI color themes. Instantly change the look of the app with a fresh visual palette.

• ASCOM ALPACA Camera Support - Connect and control ALPACA-compatible astronomy cameras directly from SkySafari.

• SmartEye Support - Seamless integration with SmartEye for enhanced imaging workflows.

• Image Gallery - Import your own images from AstroBin, FITS files, local storage, URLs, or an ALPACA camera. Includes basic editing tools.

• Plate Solving - Quickly plate-solve imported images and place them directly onto the sky chart.

• Lunar Surface Outlines - Explore the Moon like never before with detailed outlines for maria, craters, mountains, and more.

• Appulses in Events Finder - Find precise moments when the Moon or planets pass close to the Pleiades, other planets, or stars of a chosen magnitude. Also includes transit and occultation search capabilities.

• Rotatable FOV Indicator - Rotate the field of view to any angle - perfect for matching your camera orientation.

• Observing Conditions (Premium) - Get observer-focused hourly forecasts, including best viewing windows, seeing index, and sky quality metrics.

If you're new to SkySafari 8 Pro, here’s what you can do:

• Point & Identify - Hold your device to the sky and instantly identify stars, constellations, planets, satellites, and more.

• Travel Through Time - Simulate the sky up to 5 million years backward or forward. Animate meteor showers, conjunctions, eclipses, and other events.

• Telescope Control - Control your telescope and manage your observing sessions with advanced planning and logging tools. Supports ASCOM ALPACA, INDI, and StarSense Explorer.

• Events Finder - Use the powerful search engine to find upcoming astronomical events visible from your location - tonight or far into the future.

• Cloud Sync (Optional) - Securely back up observing data to LiveSky and access it across your devices or through LiveSky.com.

• Augmented Reality (AR) Mode - View the sky with an AR overlay for an immersive experience.

• Night Vision Mode - Preserve dark-adapted vision while you observe.

• Orbit Mode - Leave Earth behind and fly through the solar system.

• Galaxy View - See where deep-sky objects lie within the Milky Way.

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This update restores plate-solve re-centering with SmartEye, and fixes several issues reported since 8.1.0.

BUG FIXES

• Restored "Align Telescope and GoTo" after a plate solve. In 8.1.0 this action was replaced by the drift-recovery re-center, which returns the mount to where an imaging run began - so it never appeared for a one-off solve and could not correct an inaccurate GoTo. Select a target, slew, solve, and SkySafari centers it accurately again, including on the first solve of a session.
• Fixed your location's longitude changing on its own. Searching for events could leave your observing site at the event's longitude, so the sky was drawn for the wrong place moments after opening.
• Fixed Astro Weather showing "Error generating observation text" instead of a forecast summary, and showing metric temperatures and wind speeds to those who prefer imperial units. Weather service problems are now reported as errors rather than as poor observing conditions.
• Fixed the Sun still being drawn un-eclipsed after travelling onto an eclipse track without changing the date.
• Improved the "best place on Earth" location reported for events, which could be off by up to 21 km.
• Fixed Event Details offering time playback for events with no known start or end.
• Fixed the Eclipse Finder applying your eclipse-type filter only after timing every eclipse.
• Fixed the on-screen keyboard covering text fields in Account, Planner, Alpaca, and Appulse settings.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Remote plate-solve status messages are clearer, and are now translated in every supported language.
• Sharper textures at extreme zoom, with less per-frame work in the sky chart renderer.

Thank you for using SkySafari. Clear skies!