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SkySafari 6 Pro | Suggest Limit Jovian Moon Transits To Observable Above The Horizon

I was using the most recent version of SkySafari on my iPad to plan for an upcoming star party.

I like viewing transits and shadow transits of the Jovian moons, and was excited to see that quite a few would happen while I was at the star party ... but when I looked to see how high Jupiter would be above the horizon, and found that most, if not all, happened after Jupiter had set.   Is that as designed?   I think it would be better to omit the events that happen after the planet sets (and can’t be observed).   As an example of what I am talking about, look at the events for Jupiter on October 8th (in North Carolina).

I also just saw the “voice bubble” that pronounces the name of the selected object when you press it.   Of course, I tried Zubenelgenubi (and it worked)!   But to me the icon seems in the wrong place.  It is in the left column (above all the data).  I think just to the right of the name it is pronouncing would be more natural.

As always, SkySafari is a great product!   These are just a couple of suggestions to make it even better!

 

Robert

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    Bill Tschumy

    Robert,

    We have always shown the moon events without taking visibility into account.  I think that is reasonable, but I agree it is debatable.

    Yah, maybe the pronounce button would be better to the right of the name.  However, there is not always room there on devices with narrow screens.  So we would have to have a blank line above or below to hold it in those cases.  I suspect we will leave it where it currently is.

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