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How To Find NeoWise C/2020 F3 In SkySafari 6 Plus On macOS? (Answer: Read On!)

Shane Pretorius

July 12, 2020 18:02

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  Paul Skee July 18, 2020 17:20

  I have this same issue. Just installed 6 Pro, had 5 plus without this issue. Am going to follow this posting.

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  Omar Veliz-Chavez July 19, 2020 01:25

  I have the Skysafari 6 Pro on iOS, and if I can see the comet. But I just bought Skysafari 6 Pro on MacOSX, especially to see the comet and nothing appears.

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  Stefanie Weßler July 21, 2020 12:39

  Yesterday I installed SkySafari Basic on iOS, that version was showing Neowise C/2020 F3 just fine. Today I upgraded to SkySafari 6 Pro and no neowise at all :( 
  Am also going to follow here.

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  Keiron Smith July 21, 2020 17:24

  1. Settings > Solar System > Update Minor Orbit Data
  2. Search > Brightest Comets > sort by visual magnitude

  What happens?

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  Stefanie Weßler July 21, 2020 17:39

  Keiron Smith unfortunately: nothing. SkySafari shows a message that states that no new elements were downloaded. Afterwards in the brightest comets section there is still no Neowise C/2020 F3 :(

  Update: I retried the update of the database two times. With the third update, there was a download - and now Neowise is showing.

  Thanks a lot for your help!

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  Keiron Smith July 21, 2020 17:43

  Weird, Stefanie!  Great result!  Enjoy NeoWise! 

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  Stefanie Weßler July 22, 2020 06:19

  As weird as it was - it finally solved the problem. So, again thanks for your help - hopefully we'll have another night with a clear sky! 

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  Omar Veliz-Chavez July 24, 2020 22:57

  In my case, the comet Neowise C / 2020 F3 has not yet appeared. I have it updated and I tried its indications and nothing.

  For example the C / 2019 U6 does not appear.

   

  

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  David Wagner July 25, 2020 21:59

  Exactly the same problem. SkySafari 6 Pro 6.5.0 (6520) running on IMac (late 2015) with El Capitan 10.11.6. Have tried all the solutions I can find and nothing is working. Updating the orbital elements shows last update in March of this year, and I get the message that nothing was downloaded (see Omar's post above). Frustrating!!

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  Dean July 25, 2020 23:56

  To all those running Mac OS 10.11.6 (El Capitan); there is a bug in SkySafari that prevents it from updating the orbital data in that version of the OS.

   

  See the following post for reference:

  https://support.simulationcurriculum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360046641334--Bug-SkySafari-6-Pro-On-macOS-0-11-6-El-Captain-Fails-To-Download-Minor-Body-Orbit-Updates