Southern Stars Introduces Pro Astronomy App Update
and World's First Made-for-iPodTM Serial Cable to Control Telescopes
MACWORLD - SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 27th, 2010 - Southern Stars, a MacWorld 2010 Best-of-Show winner, announced the release of two exciting new products to make professional and amateur astronomy easier and more accurate: SkySafari 2.1, a professional-grade astronomy app, and SkyWire, the world's first Made-for-iPodTM serial cable to control telescopes.
SkySafari 2.1 brings an accelerated graphics engine that accurately reproduces astronomical phenomena such as lunar eclipses and outer planet moon shadow transits. SkySafari 2.1 supports the SkyWire serial accessory, which lets users of iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads accurately and easily find objects in the sky with computer-controlled telescopes by leading manufacturers like Orion, Celestron, Meade, Takahashi, and many others.
"We wanted to add a new level of precision and convenience for astronomers," said Tim DeBenedictis, founder of Southern Stars. "Now astronomers - both amateur and professional - will be able to navigate the night sky with the intuitive and familiar touch interface that Apple provides through its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch."
SkySafari and its intro version, SkySafari Lite, have been collectively downloaded more than 250,000 times. Developed by passionate amateur astronomers, SkySafari makes real astronomy universally accessible. Southern Stars will bring this level of precision to everyone by making SkySafari Lite free for the entire 3-day duration of the MacWorld Expo, and by giving live demonstrations at booth 881-49 in the Mobile App Showcase.
To download the free intro version of SkySafari Lite now, go to the iTunes store by clicking this link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skysafari-lite/id321419308?mt=8
To download the professional version of SkySafari now, go to the iTunes store by clicking this link:http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skysafari/id319159213?mt=8
For more information on SkyWire click here.
About Southern Stars
Southern Stars, formerly the mobile products division of Carina Software, is a world leader in mobile applications for astronomy, and has been developing planetarium software since 1993. In 2009, Southern Stars developed SkyFi, the first wireless iPhone-based solution for telescope control. That product, and the SkyVoyager iPhone app, won a MacWorld 2010 Best of Show award. To date, Southern Stars' iPhone apps have been downloaded more than 250,000 times. Southern Stars has also developed iPhone apps for Sky & Telescope Magazine, and for Orion Telescopes and Binoculars.
Headquartered in San Francisco, Southern Stars has more than three decades of collective experience in developing astronomical software, telescope control systems, and instrumentation.
Tim DeBenedictis
info@southernstars.com
+1 (415) 671-6251
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