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Sciatrope is a Cocoa (macOS) application made by an eclipse chaser for eclipse chasers. It helps preparing for a solar eclipse, and observe it. It runs on macOS 10.11 and later.

This release provides the map view.

The application can be downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sciatrope/files/sciatrope/v1.3/Sciatrope-App-1-3.zip/download

Sciatrope is a Cocoa (macOS) application made by an eclipse chaser for eclipse chasers. It helps preparing for a solar eclipse, and observe it. It runs on macOS 10.11 and later.

This release adds new kinds of actions, that you can schedule to run during the eclipse.

The application can be downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sciatrope/files/sciatrope/v1.2/Sciatrope-App-1-2.zip/download

Sciatrope is a Cocoa (macOS) application made by an eclipse chaser for eclipse chasers. It helps preparing for a solar eclipse, and observe it. It runs on macOS 10.11 and later.

This release adds the french localization.

The application can be downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sciatrope/files/sciatrope/v1.1/Sciatrope-App-1-1.zip/download

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Sciatrope est une application Cocoa (macOS) faite par un chasseur d'éclipse, pour les chasseurs d'éclipse. Elle aide à préparer une éclipse de soleil, puis à l'observer. Elle fonctionne sur macOS 10.11 et ultérieur.... read more

Sciatrope is a Cocoa (macOS) application made by an eclipse chaser for eclipse chasers. It helps preparing for a solar eclipse, and observe it. It runs on macOS 10.11 and later.

A new build has been released, to fix an issue with a restricted Apple library at application start.

The application can be downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sciatrope/files/sciatrope/v1.0/Sciatrope-App-1-0.zip/download

Sciatrope is a Cocoa (macOS) application made by an eclipse chaser for eclipse chasers. It helps preparing for a solar eclipse, and observe it.
It runs on macOS 10.11 and later.
The application can be downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sciatrope/files/sciatrope/v1.0/Sciatrope-App-1-0.zip/download

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.
This release corrects some bugs, especially in the document management.
More details can be found at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=214729&package_id=258958&release_id= 661642

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.
This release corrects many bugs, especially in actions management.
More details can be found at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=214729&package_id=258958&release_id=580729... read more

This is the initial release of the application.
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=214729&package_id=258958

Sciatrope : From the greek σκια (shadow) and τροπη (turn), "which turns towards the shadow", opposite to an heliotrope. But, in this case, not so opposite, because the shadow this software is looking for, is the solar umbra during a solar eclipse.

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.