Snow Moon + Lunar Eclipse

This year’s Snow Moon (February Full Moon) will coincide a penumbral lunar eclipse making for a rare celestial event that is easily observable from many locations across the world. A few minutes after the Snow Moon peaks this Friday night, Earth will also cast its shadow onto the Moon’s surface during a penumbral lunar eclipse. If you live in North America, Europe, Asia, or Africa then make sure you don’t miss this event occurring at 7:43 p.m. EST February 10th.

Easily find and track this eclipse using SkyView on iOS and Android! Simply search for the Moon in the app to view its trajectory for the entire day and night.

SkyView now on Apple Watch.

Our latest version, 3.3, out now on the App Store brings with it many improvements to SkyView, but most notably the inclusion of our brand new Apple Watch app! Using our Sightings Engine, SkyView for Apple Watch always displays an up-to-date view of what’s visible in the sky.

Getting people outside to see the stars, planets, constellations and satellites has always been our goal with SkyView and our new Apple Watch app makes this even easier:

Home View

The main app view shows you a list, ordered by time, of the brightest and best things to see in the sky each night. Quickly scroll through the list to see their visible time window. Tapping on each shows a detail view with description on its location in the sky, time until visible and a button to set viewing notifications.

Glance

Fitting right in with the rest of your Glances, SkyView shows a quick snippet of the next visible sky object for your location and where it’s visible in the sky. Tap the glance to quickly see a countdown timer for when the object is visible.

Notifications

Schedule system notifications for any upcoming sky object sighting to receive a subtle alert on your watch. Never miss that International Space Station streaking through the sky!

Handoff

SkyView takes advantage of Apple’s Handoff technology to let you quickly find space objects using SkyView on your iPhone. When viewing any space object on your watch, swipe up on your iPhone’s lock screen to automatically start SkyView and have it point to exactly where that space object is in the sky.

We’ve spent quite a lot of time designing SkyView for the Apple Watch and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do! 

Now get out there and get stargazing :)

SkyView 3.2.0 available with Today Widget, Sightings and more!

Our latest update to our augmented reality space exploration app SkyView is now available for download!

We’ve added support for Apple’s brand new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with high resolution graphics and increased performance. SkyView looks incredible on the large, sharp screen of the 6 Plus.

We’ve added 5 new hand-picked stargazing music tracks specifically suited for SkyView. These tracks are included with the free update and range from slow and ambient to high-paced sci-fi themes.

Our brand new Sightings view (accessible from Search) shows a continuously updated list of sky objects that will be visible for that day and the next morning. Each sighting can be scheduled as a system reminder so you never miss your favorite event.

iOS 8 has some really incredible new features for users and we’ve taken advantage of this by adding a new Today Widget that quickly shows a list of upcoming sky object sightings, including their viewing time and sky direction.

We’ve added a unique “beacon” sound that can be enabled in Settings that will aid in discovery of objects (access this feature in Settings > Music & Sound). The new beacon will beep progressively faster as you get closer to your selected sky object. Think metal detector for the sky.

A few other usability improvements such as a new Search filter option lets you display sky objects that are above or below the horizon.

We hope you enjoy all of our updates and as always, please drop us a review on the App Store if you get a free minute. Reviews help us spread the word about SkyView and keep us developing & adding new features!

SkyView 3.0 Now Available!

We’ve just launched SkyView 3.0 on the App Store! A free update to all users that brings the following:

- Completely redesigned iPhone and iPad user interface for iOS 7
- Our most requested feature: night mode! Preserve your vision in the dark with red and green filters
- Greatly improved responsiveness of universe when moving device in the air
- High resolution 3D satellite models
- High resolution Milky Way backdrop stitched from real NASA images and detailed star images
- In-depth descriptions for all our space objects with web links for even more 
- Favorites support (easily keep track of your favorite satellites, stars, and other space objects)
- An incredible music soundtrack and other sounds
- Brand new colorful app icon designed by the folks at The IconFactory

We’ve worked very hard to bring this latest version to everyone and are excited to hear your feedback!

Download on the App Store!

- Happy stargazing everyone -

Best of Education in App Store Rewind 2011

App Store has just named our app SkyView - Explore the Universe the best of the iPhone Education category in App Store Rewind 2011.  This is a huge honor for us here at Terminal Eleven and we are happy to be named among some really great apps created in 2011.

If you’d like to see our app, and the entire list, head to the App Store to see the feature page!

NASA’s final shuttle mission Atlantis is scheduled to launch this Friday, July 8th at 11:26 a.m.

Atlantis will carry a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station.

Atlantis is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station during its 12 day mission in space.  Its multipurpose module will carry supplies and spare parts needed at the ISS to sustain operations.  This final shuttle mission will be the last for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.  After this, NASA will be looking at destinations beyond low-Earth orbit.

Tracking The Shuttle With SkyView

One of our most impressive features in our app SkyView, for the iPhone and iPod Touch, is the ability for the casual stargazer to track Atlantis after its launch as it streaks across our sky towards the International Space Station.  You can watch Atlantis and the ISS in real-time using our augmented reality view by pointing your device up to the sky and selecting either of these sky objects.  Not only will you be able to see each of these objects move through space but we have also included hundreds of facts about each of these you can explore as you follow along with NASA’s mission.

One of Terminal Eleven’s early goals for SkyView was to provide users with the ability to connect with NASA’s missions in a more interactive way past the usual televised launch.  We hope we’ve accomplished this with SkyView by allowing all of us here on Earth feel what it might be like up in space.