Macbook Air Software?

[Shopi]

Hi I've been scouring the forums and can't find what I'm looking for. What I'm after is software for mac that's the equivalent of Sky tools 3. I don't want to duel boot etc, just install and go...

For those unfamiliar with Sky tools 3 it show what you'll see through your scope, as well as night plans etc, and which eye piece to use for best results..


Cheers in-advance!

Shannon

[tonybarry]

Hi Shannon,

Not sure what you want here.

SkySafari for Mac is a planetarium program - shows you the sky (gloriously) and can do stuff like scope control. You can also put up a reticle on screen to show you the apparent field of view.

Astroplanner for Mac is an awesome planning tool. Gives you Finder charts for a given object; shows you the field of view of your eyepieces, lets you fiddle with focal reducers and scope sizes to see what will work for you. Yu can get UCAC4 catalogues for AP which is more stars than you or I will ever need; you can download Palomar Obs Sky Survey images of a given area to see even more stars and odd things.

I have both, and use both All The Time. Really indispensable in my opinion.

Regards,
Tony Barry

[Shopi]

With Skytools, I can punch in my scope details and which lenses I have, as well as longitude and lat, and it'll show me what what's available on the night, as well as what to expect through the scope. hope that explains it a touch better?

[Shopi]

Didn't know about Astroplanner looks like it's similar to Skytools, thanks Tony :D

[bigtbafe]

You may want to look into Wine and run the Windows binary of Sky Tools 3? http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX

[axle01]

Have a look at GoSkyWatch app the full version is less than $5 for Mac, I love it.

[Logieberra]

TheSkyX from Software Bisque runs on Mac. Not cheap thought...

[OzEclipse]

Starry Night Pro in fact all of the Starry Night versions runs on Mac as well.
Starry Night Pro has starfield simulation based on stitched photographs, twilight/daylight simulation and you can enter details of cameras, telescopes, eyepieces and camera lenses to get field of view maps. Starry Night Pro is relatively expensive at full price but goes on special from time to time. I got my copy for $99.

[rally]

Install Parallels and run any Windows platform concurrently with OSX
Heck - you can even run multiple Windows OS's at the same time
Then you can run SkyTools and anything else

Dual booting is simply archaic !

[issdaol]

Agree or install VM Fusion. Price is pretty low and support is good.

[AllenPivot]

Guys please anyone let me know that how to install Microsoft office (http://www.pivot.edu.au/tae-certificate-iv-upgrade-from-taa) on my mac-book air? I am much worried about it and tried many times but every time i failed to install it,.
I need your some help,.

[Logieberra]

You need Microsoft Office for Mac.

Some workplaces have a Home User Program for discounted software?

[Nikolas]

What version of office are you running?
Are you trying to install it via a cd? A macbook air does not have a cd player so you need to attach a cd player.
If via a usb it's pretty simple, just follow the prompts.