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SkEye 6.0

• Time Machine - Jump to any date in past or future. Rewind, forward time to simulate interesting events like the Venus transit. Calendar shows moon phases.
• Improvements to the Manual Scrolling Mode
• Toasts (popup messages) are now themed in red.
• Power saving. Avoided running a background thread after closing SkEye.
• Updated translations.

SkEye 5.6 and Pro 2.8

• Smarter telrad circles that show dimensions and directions.
• Common names of DSOs are shown and they are searchable.

SkEye 5.5 and Pro 2.7

• Uses Gyroscopes when available. Requires Android 4 (ICS). Can be disabled in the settings.
• Improves the readability of labels.
• Bug fix: Honors the night mode after returning from another screen, such as search dialog
• Italian translations

SkEye 5.4.2 and Pro 2.6.4

• Switching to night mode doesn't require extra memory in the new version. This prevents an FC on certain memory-constrained phones. The switch is also much faster.
• Updated translations (Slovenian and Hungarian)

SkEye Pro 2.6.2

• Goof up in the previous release was fixed: Stars only upto mag 9 were being shown instead of the intended mag 10
• When zoomed out (greater than 15 degree FOV). ) stars only upto 8 mag are shown. This speeds up rendering on slow devices, without significant loss of detail.

SkEye 5.4.1 and Pro 2.6.1

Minor fix: In portrait mode, it was not possible to select objects in the Search screen.

SkEye 5.4 and Pro 2.6

• Bumped the number of stars: upto mag 8 in free version and upto mag 10 in Pro.
• Satellites:
  • Night mode for satellite display
  • Show satellite's international designation in description. This is very useful; see explanation .
  • Satellites below horizon are now shown less prominently - reduces clutter.
• New app icons!
• An improved API which will return more information to apps that interface with SkEye.
• Some enhancements to polish the user interface. For example, the description of the objects in Search dialog is now placed optimally in portrait mode.
• Avoid a Force Close and continue correctly when detecting the graphics capability in some devices, including Samsung Panasonic.

SkEye 5.3 and Pro 2.5

• Switched to the Revised NGC catalog in the Free version as well.
• DSOs are now rendered with coloured outlines instead of just points.
• High accuracy Ephemeris of the Galilean moons (four brightest moons of Jupiter)
• High levels of zoom possible now. You can zoom all the way to 0.2 degrees of FOV (from the previous limit of 3 degrees)
• Object description in lists of object
• Added a search button beside the description of centered object.
• Buttons to zoom in and out and a button to switch to manual mode.
• ...and many more changes. See the announcement for details.

SkEye Pro 2.4

• Switched to the Revised NGC catalog.
• Included the IC catalog.
• DSOs are now rendered with coloured outlines instead of just points.

SkEye 5.2.2 and Pro 2.3.2

• Support for devices that do not have GPS on board.
• Updates to Slovanian translation

SkEye Pro 2.3

• Fix: FC while pinch-zooming and rotation.
• Updates to translations

SkEye v 5.2.1

• Better star rendering; changed the star texture and background color to improve contrast and make them sharper.
• Coarse (Network based) location can now be used for specifying location. This is usually faster than GPS and accurate enough for casual use.
• Fix: FC while pinch-zooming and rotation.
• Updates to translations

SkEye Pro 2.2

• Satellite tracking. This is an early preview; there are no configuration options yet, and the Satellite TLEs aren't updated automatically yet.
• Better star rendering. I changed the star texture and background color to improve contrast and make them sharper.
• Coarse (Network based) location can now be used for specifying location. This is usually faster than GPS and accurate enough for casual use.

SkEye v5.1 and SkEye Pro 2.1

• Switched to a completely new Solar System Ephemeris, which is more accurate. It is accurate to within 1 arc-minute for a period of + or - 100 years since J2000.
• Fix: Labels were not being shown correctly in the new renderer on some devices.
• Fix: the rendering of Moon's phase and angle of bright limb was wrong for the waxing phase.

SkEye v5.0 and SkEye Pro 2.0

• A new, realistic rendering engine. Requires Android 2.2+
• Stars are shown with different colors (depicting their spectral type) and sizes (depicting magnitude).
• All stars upto mag 6.0 are rendered. For Pro version all stars upto mag 8.0 are rendered.
• The number of named stars is now about 1200 (up from about 400)
• The Moon and Sun are rendered as discs (scaled to real size). The Moon's disc is shaded to show its exact phase.
• Slovanian translation. Thanks to Borut.
• Enabled 'Move-to-SD' feature (works only with Android 2.2)
• Fix: Corrected positions of Messier #2 and #77. The declinations of these objects were positive instead of negative.
• Fix: Manual mode is now smoother to operate.
• Fix: Increased the tolerance for movement during Insta-Align.

SkEye v4.0 and SkEye Pro 1.0

• Implemented Precession of the Equator to improve accuracy. This benefits the PUSHTO ability significantly.
• Show the Ecliptic and the Anti-solar point.
• Manual Mode (activated by scrolling)

Some minor changes being:

• Fixed a rare Force Close while Insta-aligning.
• Updated French translations
• Performance improvements to the "object list" interface.