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Sun Spotter 2.6

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Neale Monks

Sun Spotter is a simple tool for amateur astronomers and anyone interesting in the Sun. Sun Spotter displays the latest images of the Sun at the SOHO web site. Images can be saved to the Desktop as required.

Sun Spotter is designed to be quicker and easier to use that visiting the SOHO page directly. Keyboard shortcuts make it easy to toggle between the views, and buttons take you to the relevant web pages to find out more about what you're looking at. Additional links take you to supplementary SOHO pages including the SOHO Classroom.

What's New

Version 2.6:

Fixed various broken buttons and links.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, requires an internet connection and QuickTime

Solscape

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Free

Solar data browser.

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WordWeaver commented on 01 Jun 2011

Although it is not available on MacUpdate, another great Mac app for studying solar images -- including solar movies -- is JHelioviewer. The Macintosh version currently stands at 2.1.3 rev 421. It is a Java-based program, but runs great on my 27" iMac running the latest version of Snow Leopard. You can download this free app at:

http://www.jhelioviewer.org/

The images and movies it creates are huge, and quite impressive.

[Version 2.6]

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Misha replied on 01 Jun 2011

Thanks for the pointer, we added jhelioviewer:

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/38789/JHelioviewer

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apeman reviewed on 30 Dec 2007

It works well on Leopard. It does what it says it would do.

Thanks

I've been suffering through the loss of Solscape when I upgraded to Leopard. Sun Spotter doesn't do all that Solscape does, but that's OK. I like it.

[Version 2.3]

Applelust.com (developer) commented on 16 Apr 2007

Of course. And the application Read Me says as much! But if you're an amateur astronomer (like me) who likes to view the Sun through a telescope, being able to quickly toggle between different solar views via keyboard shortcuts is actually very useful.

[Version 2.0.1]

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Tice commented on 16 Apr 2007

Hmm.. instead of using an application I can just go to http://plop.nascom.nasa.gov/ and get the images in my browser.

[Version 2.0.1]

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Macnews commented on 16 Apr 2007

Working just fine for me.

[Version 2.0.1]

maceddy had trouble on 15 Apr 2007

Euhm...
I extracted the file and got a non-working application with a generic Application icon.....

10.4.9 iBook G4.

[Version 2.0]

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PlanetenPaultje replied on 15 Apr 2007

It works OK here.....

maceddy commented on 15 Apr 2007

Hmmm...

Maybe I know the problem.
I don't use Stuffit Expander, but The Unarchiver...
Much better program if you ask me, but apparently doesn't work with Sun Spotter...

Well.. I have to download SE then, right? :)

Applelust.com (developer) replied on 15 Apr 2007

Well, I've re-stuffed the archive with another program, and it looks/works fine for me. I've made a .zip archive for the Mac version anyway, and that should be the one linked next time MacUpdate updates this entry. So maybe no more Stuffit problems...?

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