For those of us setting out to catch the lunar eclipse early tomorrow morning — here’s a great piece in the Christian Science Monitor on why it’ll be so spectacular out here west of the Rockies — there’s nothing like an iPad armed with a great astronomy app. But according to Tim DeBenedictis, developer of SkySafari 3, his app is the only one that can predict this — and any other — eclipse. That’s fine with us, since he’s offering his app for free all this weekend.
SkySafari 3 has all the standard goodies, like
For most of us though, the basic version should suffice. Don’t miss it though, because even the basic version has a constellation’s worth of app awards to its name.
And if you’re catching the eclipse — it’ll hit totality at 6:32 a.m. PST
