SkyORB 2021 Astronomy 2021.12.10

March 1, 2023

SkyORB is more than a simple star map, it’s a collection of 7 tools including a 3D star map, 3D planetarium, ephemeris, search engine, sun clock, point to sky, weather, and more. SkyORB is the 3D astronomy App for Mac.

This astronomy program charts the stars, planets, and other celestial objects such as comets and asteroids and lets you navigate through space. SkyORB features a 3D interface, a search engine, a large catalog of stars (Hyparcos), deep objects (NGC/IC 2000) planets, current satellite (including current launch missions) (MPC) and let you choose see the actual sky from any point on Earth.

Key features:

Allows you to fine tune your observation location from the database of by entering longitude and latitude or automatically with Location Services,
Calendar of astronomy events, and astronomy news.
Information like sunset and sunrise are computed as well as moonrise and moonset and full / new moon dates and automatically generated calendar of upcoming astronomy events.
3D planetarium with planets and satellites and 3 different views with 3D objects with different level of details using photo realistic textures and visuals.
3D animation of the solar system in real-time or fast forward, with actual facts for each planets.
3D sky map with real-time precession with planets, stars, constellations, deep objects, comets and satellites,
Comets and satellites trajectories which can be updated among 6 differents databases including IAU Minor Planet Center.
Displays the world map sun clock with rise and set.
Multi-touch trackpad (on some devices) with pinching-to-zoom gesture is supported for zoom-in and out.
Universal search engine.
Weather retrieval base from location.
macOS features like push notification with important astronomy news, today widget : Get push notifications from astronomy news found in the press, and personnalized astronomy events and observation available near you.
Personal location can be used for improving rendering of the start chart.