Putting the Universe at Your Fingertips
Testimonials
"Compliments on the SkyFi and SkyVoyager. I have to tell you guys that I was out last Saturday night in 20 degree weather using my scope (crazy ... but hey). Both hardware and software worked perfectly ... and just to show off, I commanded the scope/mount to slew to another target from a distance of about 140 feet while sitting next to the campfire! Oohs and aahs from everyone!"Robert Nielsen, January 2010
"I first acquired Voyager 1.0 at the MacWorld Expo in February of 1989. Since then, I have owned the PC version, back to the Mac version, and now I am again using the PC version. There have been periods when I owned and used other astronomy software. But I have come back to Voyager because it is the most fun to use and the most intuitive to use. As a result I have learned much more about astronomy and the night sky from Voyager than from other software. Today, there is no other software that I use that equals Voyager's personal longevity record. Keep up the good work!" Mike Howell, May 2010
SkyVoyager 1.7
Now supports iOS 4/iPhone 4!
SkyVoyager and SkyGazer are easy-to-use but powerful planetarium programs for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. SkyGazer is the intro version, designed for beginners, and SkyVoyager is the "Pro" version for advanced users.
SkyVoyager includes an optional Expansion Pack with 2.5 million stars, and more than 300 color deep sky object images, dramatically increasing the realism and usefulness of your sky charts.
If you have an iPhone 3G S with a compass, SkyGazer and SkyVoyager can show you the sky in the same direction that you're holding your phone. You can identify stars and planets by holding your phone next to them, and you can find any object in the sky by following an arrow that points in its direction.
If you have a computer-controlled telescope, SkyVoyager can use the WiFi capabilities built into your iPhone or iPod Touch to point it in the sky. With our patent-pending SkyFi wireless serial adapter, your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch becomes a 21st-century telescope controller. See the WiFi Scope Control page and the SkyFi page for more details.
SkyVoyager and SkyGazer both include informative, plain-English descriptions of the constellations, planets, moons, stars, and deep sky objects. They contain hundreds of images from NASA space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the world's foremost amateur and professional astro-photographers.
SkyVoyager's simple user interface, and its ability to wirelessly control your telescope, make it an invaluable tool for exploring the heavens.
SkyFi 2.1
MacWorld 2010 Best of Show Winner!
SkyFi is our patent-pending WiFi-to-Serial adapter, designed for wireless telescope control. If you have a computer-controlled GoTo telescope, SkyFi can use the WiFi capabilities built into your Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPod Touch to point your telescope in the sky.
SkyFi is the only WiFi device on the market specifically designed for telescope control. It's battery-powered for field use; your scope, SkyFi, and iPhone all run off batteries, or from a 12V source.
Unlike bluetooth devices, SkyFi requires no pairing, and no special drivers. It uses standard TCP/IP networking protocols. Because TCP/IP is the language of the internet, SkyFi can enable your telescope to be remotely controlled over the internet. This is a capability that bluetooth simply was never designed for.
SkyFi provides a standard DB-9 serial adapter to interface with your telescope - or other serial device. SkyFi can wirelessly enable almost any RS-232 interface - to GPS recievers, industrial monitoring and control equipment, internet routers and switches, and many more.