Tracking satellites in orbit with your Apple Mac

“Have you ever tried to track a near earth moving object in a telescope? In a word, don’t,” Jeffrey Mincey reports for Mac360.com.

“Google brought me to Freefall, a Mac and Windows application that, well, tracks satellites all over the earth,” Mincey reports. “What’s special about Freefall, besides the drop dead simple interface and easy search capability, and the fact that it makes my new Mincey Family Telescope a big paperweight with a lens, is the view.”

Mincey reports, “I was trying to view satellites from my telescope here on earth; no mean feat. Freefall [US$34.95] lets you view a bunch of satellites from the view of space—looking earthward from the sky, above the satellites—right on your Mac’s screen.”

Full article, with more info and screenshots, here.

Source: MacDailyNews