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Now, a few random remarks about little things in iObserve. I am getting closer, and it starts to look pretty good! I will post screenshots in the Facebook page of iObserve ( ) The latter one, I promise it since more than a year I think. One good reason though: preparation of iObserve 1.1 and iObserve touch (on iPad). It is the occasion for me to inform the users of a few things, since I have been a lot silent these past weeks. Saurav, when I will say that your post has not been sponsored by me at all, who will believe me?! Thanks a big bunch for the review. After a few years of fumbling around with my own scripts, I am delighted to have an App that works seamlessly. Fortunately, Cédric is already working on these and many more features (including Observation Simulator, Time/Flux converters, and eventually night logs).Ĭédric said in his post that iObserve is the App that he wished he had when he was working as an astronomer at La Silla Observatory in Chile. The ability to store target lists in folders, upload additional fields (e.g., mag, colors), and to view them in sortable tables would mean iObserve would be the only App I need for observing. There were a couple things that would make the iObserve experience even better. I was able to easily pull SDSS or 2MASS finding charts to locate fainter objects that were barely visible on telescope camera. With very little prior planning, I was able to sort through and select optimal targets during the night. What this meant for me was a very smooth observing experience. For well-known objects (like standard stars), iObserve will automatically fetch aliases, magnitudes, and references from SIMBAD.

If needed you have access to the SIMBAD or the NED pages for your target (if they exist).

This makes it really easy to plan the next few targets you are going to observe.

You can upload any number of targets and plot their airmass tracks simultaneously.SDSS ( gri composite), 2MASS (J, H, or K), or DSS (blue, red, or infrared) images can be easily downloaded with a click to be used as finding charts.If you turn tracking on, you can see the exact airmass and altitude of your target for any time in the night. The airmass charts had twilight times and moon tracks clearly marked.Most major observatories are already built into the App, so you have access to not only the LST, UT, sunrise/sunset times but also to the observatories’ website from within the App.Obviously, all of this was well organized and easy to access. All of them, and many other functionalities, were right there in the iObserve window.

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There was no need to open separate windows for my IDL-based airmass charts, for a webpage with SDSS finding charts, or for a webpage with my target list(s). My favorite part about iObserve was that it provided a platform aggregates (almost) all the information I wanted about my targets.

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iObserve is worth its $11.99 price tag ( Free Demo) many times over. I would even recommend it for people who have been observing for years.

In a few words, iObserve is a must-have for any observational astronomer. So here is what I found out about iObserve as an end-user. It is time to look at iObserve again since Cédric told us about it in September, I have used the App for three separate observing runs.

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