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Are Observability & Weather Conditions Based On Device Location Not App Home Location?

Matt H

March 09, 2026 05:11

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I am currently in a time zone UTC+8. My telescope is operated remotely in time zone +10 (daylight saving for a few more weeks so currently UTC+11). Premium subscription SkySafari8. When I selected observing conditions the program states the best time for observing from 1700 local until 0300 local. This is in error as I want the conditions for +11. It also says that the observing conditions will be cloudy (cloud icon). Every other astronomy weather forecast state that tonight’s conditions are going to be good. So I am assuming the forecast is using the location of my iPad that has SkySafari 8 on it and not my location of the observing site. How do I get SkySafari to use the location of my observing site not the location of my iPad which has the program on it. I have configured the location of my user site correctly including lat and long, time zone, daylight saving, altitude etc. Thanks.

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  Keiron Smith March 09, 2026 16:36 Official comment

  DevOps reference: https://starrynight.unfuddle.com/a#/projects/7965/tickets/by_number/4206

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  Keiron Smith March 09, 2026 16:35

  Hi Matt, 

  Please provide the following info:

  1. App and version.  See Help > scroll to the bottom.
  2. OS version.
  3. Device make and model.

  Developers will review your report.

  Thanks!

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  Dave Whipps March 24, 2026 00:21

  Thanks for the report. This will be fixed in the next release of SkySafari 8!