A reminder that I have 50 blogs on beginning astrophotography over @SkyandTelescope that are free. skyandtelescope.org/astronom…

We are a few months from prime Mars observing season, but I wanted to re-validate my Mars rendering in #TheWandersAlmanac. I spent a lot of time making sure Jupiters GRS was correct, so I wanted to make sure Martian features were right too. Here's some comparisons between some images I got from the BAA site taken from Earth by Amateurs and the rendering in my dedicated planet observing app. Okay, that'll do. #Astronomy #Mars

Here’s a sneak peek at a new feature coming soon for #TheWanderersAlmanac and #TheLunartic. You’ll be able to add your own observation logs while scope side. Manage equipment lists, etc.

KosmicKrisp raises the bar for @VulkanAPI on Apple hardware. Conformant, fast, stable. Open Source.

New video! Time Control in #TheLunartic to see changes to shadows and libration effects. youtu.be/7hdrbEhtihE?si=l-Lq… via @YouTube

Better late than never, I pushed a 1.21 version of #TheWanderersAlmanac that adds opposition and inferior conjunction times to the planet ephemeris.

Saturn is at opposition! Looking at it tonight? Get The Wanderers' Almanac to identify those moons, check for future shadow events, etc. #TheWanderersAlmanac #Saturn #Astronomy starstonesoftware.com/wander…

The Wanderers' Almanac just got a version bump with some cool new features I hope you will like! youtu.be/y7_H3zeD_Io?si=79EC… via @YouTube

A LOT of work went into this. KosmicKrisp is pretty solid now.

I’m very excited to see this come about. We’ve been packaging it in the Vulkan SDK for a while now and it’s my primary desktop driver for Vulkan on macOS. For the astro work I’m doing its also significantly faster than MoltenVk.

Short notice, but I'm going to be on @SkyWatcherUSA webcast in a little bit talking about #TheLunartic and The Wanderers' Almanac. Of course you can always watch it later... youtube.com/watch?v=b0jH-EN-…

A quick blog this morning about #TheLunartic, my lunar atlas simulator and observing tool. eveningshow.com/2026/09/intr…

I did get to see the Moon last night! The view matched #TheLunartic experimental shadow simulation feature almost exactly. I could see the tiny peak of Tycho’s central peak visually, but it doesn’t show up here. 99.9% is not bad, I’ll be working to close that gap though.

Happy International Observe the Moon Night! I hope everyone gets a chance to get out and see our nearest celestial neighbor. If you can't may I suggest the next best thing - an accurate simulation on your iOS device? #TheLunartic is now on the App store. apps.apple.com/us/app/the-lu… If you search by name, it still shows up 2nd behind an astrology app... come'on gang we can't let that stand can we? ;-)

I've made an introductory video about The Lunartric. This is an interactive lunar atlas and exploration tool. I'm pretty pleased with the realism I've managed to achieve on a mobile device. Check it out! #TheLunartic #Moon youtu.be/gntlxRJiXO4

At long last, my deprivation is at an end. @Starbucks

#TheLunartic is now available! This project has been distilling for 30 years, and I’ve finally gotten it out. SO much more I’m planning to add over the next few years. Come join the fun! apps.apple.com/us/app/the-lu…

The “Submit for review” button has been clicked. Something awesome is coming to iOS for Lunar observers soon. I hope you will agree. #TheLunartic is coming.

Anybody else been developing software long enough to remember when IDE’s were going to make programmers lazy? I had a boss once who felt that way. Maybe it was just him.

Todays AI hot take. We went from people who knew how to ride horses, to people who knew how to drive cars. Same basic goals/tasks but different workflows with some things in common. Same is going to happen to software development with AI. Software Engineering is so NOT dead, but it will be very different. We are experiencing a lot of growing pains right now and we don't have industry best practices established yet. I see a lot of people posting about it who are metaphorically a child with a chainsaw. You need time and practice to learn to use this thing properly, and there aren't many good teachers yet because it's all happening so fast.

I think the #NoMansSky Cosmos update was delayed so they could get DLSS 5 properly integrated before release. Yeah, totally not. But hey, it’s as good a guess as any others I’m seeing ;)