Sciatrope is a Cocoa (MacOS X) application that helps preparing for, and observe a solar eclipse. It is a "Universal binary" running natively on PowerPC and Intel Macintosh, under MacOSX 10.4 or 10.5.
It gives the eclipse circumstances, distance and direction to the central line.
It supports the connection to a NMEA compatible GPS receiver, to input location and time.
It starts actions at prescripted times during the eclipse. For signaling the proximity of eclipse contacts, controlling a camera, controlling a live broadcast or whatever you may imagine.
What's New
Version 0.2:
Better document handling, for saving and "Open recent" menu,
Fix of wrong timing after sleep mode (2028237),
Rounding of displayed contact times (2027861),
Correction of delta T processing (2027852).
Requirements
PPC / Intel, MacOS X 10.4 or higher, PowerPC or Intel processor.
An optional serial line for GPS connection.
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Sciatrope is a Cocoa (MacOS X) application that helps preparing for, and observe a solar eclipse. It is a "Universal binary" running natively on PowerPC and Intel Macintosh, under MacOSX 10.4 or 10.5.
It gives the eclipse circumstances, distance and direction to the central line.
It supports the connection to a NMEA compatible GPS receiver, to input location and time.
It starts actions at prescripted times during the eclipse. For signaling the proximity of eclipse contacts, controlling a camera, controlling a live broadcast or whatever you may imagine.