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Version 0.4.4, released 2010-02-07
For Leopard/10.5 (32bit) and SnowLeopard/10.6 (32bit & 64bit). iObserve is the famous UltimateAstroWidget turned into an true native Cocoa App! Features:
To-do / dreams / requests list:
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Download it for free.
iObserve.zip
You can also throw coins into my terrestrial basket for this celestial software. If you like. Thanks. |
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Version 2.2.0, released 2010-01-11
For Leopard/10.5 (32bit) and SnowLeopard/10.6 (32bit & 64bit). New features in this version: Positive or negative color mode can be chosen for previews and thumbnails in the preference pane. Future updates will be delivered through a secured Sparkle mechanism. Bugfixes: QLFits now works on machines will multi-users. Memory is better handled. Preferences are synchronized more quickly. Features:
Notes: images pixels are scaled linearly (it produces in general better results
than linear or logarithmic-zscaling). If no data are present in the FITS, only the header is shown.
Previews are full-resolution images/spectra up to 2000 pixels wide/long. Above that, it is scaled
down to 2000 pixels. Users of SAO/ds9.app: If you see the SAO/ds9.app icon in your
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New Year's promotion: Get it now for 2.95 euros! Paid users: Enter your QLFits 2.x.x email address to get a free upgrade: |
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Version 1.1, released 2009-09-29.
For Leopard/10.5 (32bit) and SnowLeopard/10.6 (32bit & 64bit). Only for Intel CPUs.
Make Spotlight queries against R.A., Dec., Julian date or airmass!
The FITSImporter plugin is a Spotlight plugin that allows to make Spotlight queries against dedicated keywords of the FITS header. It provides also additional information in the "Get Info" panel of the Finder (⌘-I). When available, the following keywords are filled: Target Name (as a string) Naxis (as a number) Naxis1 (as a number) Naxis2 (as a number) Observation Date (as a date) Exposure Time (as a number) Instrument Name (as a string) Detector name (as a string) Telescope name (as a string) Observatory name (as a string) Observer(s) name (as a string) Right Ascension (as a number) Declination (as a number) Equinox (as a number) Epoch (as a number) RaDecSystem (as a string) Local Sidereal Time (as a string) Universal Time (as a string) Modified Julian Date (as a number) Julian Date (as a number) Airmass (as a number) BZero (as a number) BScale (as a number) Bitpix (as a number) ESO Archive Filename (as a string) |
Download it for free.
FITSImporter.mdimporter.zip
Unzip, and put it in
You must then issue the following command on a Terminal:
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Essential tool for proposals.
The UltimateAstroWidget gives you in real-time the Universal Time, the Julian Date, the Modified
Julian Date, a Day Count, and the Local Sideral Time for the specified location. The UAW is filled
with dozens of astronomical observatories. Even better: it allows you to draw and save airmass curves,
as well as observability data! Just enter the name of your target, it will be resolved by Simbad, and
that's it! Each location is provided with coordinates, and is completed with a Wikipedia and a
Wikimapia button! If you want your observatory to be included in the list, just email us!
Note (2009-07-24): I just discovered that my version of the UltimateAstroWidget was locking Dashboard because it was busy filling logfiles with debug information... I uploaded the same version (1.1.0) with these messages supressed. Try it out if you have problems! |
Download it for free!
UltimateAstroWidget.zip
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