PallasmacOS
Points your telescope at the right thing.
Bugs
View AllCatalogue Search SlowTyping a target name takes about two seconds a keystroke once the full catalogue is loaded. On a cold night with gloves on that is genuinely painful.Under Review
Lost After FlipIt re-acquires eventually but the exposure is ruined, so a two-hour sequence loses about twenty minutes.Under Review
Dark Mode Too BrightDark mode is dark grey, not red. Any light at all costs me my night vision for twenty minutes, so I end up covering the screen with a cloth.In Progress
Features
View AllTreeline WarningsI lose about twenty minutes a session realising Andromeda has gone behind the oaks. The app knows my location and the altitude, so it could just tell me.Planned
Plan by WeatherI set a target list on Sunday for the week. By Wednesday the forecast has changed and half of it is pointless, so I redo it by hand every night.In Progress
Roadmap
View AllTreeline WarningsI lose about twenty minutes a session realising Andromeda has gone behind the oaks. The app knows my location and the altitude, so it could just tell me.Planned
Plan by WeatherI set a target list on Sunday for the week. By Wednesday the forecast has changed and half of it is pointless, so I redo it by hand every night.In Progress
Changelog
View AllRuns That FinishThe Mac stays awake for as long as a sequence is running, and sleeps normally afterwards An interrupted sequence resumes from the frame it reached Lower CPU use during long runs, which keeps the fans quietv3.3.0Aug 8
Sharp All NightRefocus on a temperature change rather than on a timer Each refocus is logged against the frames around it Faster plate solving, particularly on dense star fieldsv3.2.0Jul 2
FAQ
View AllWhich mounts are supported?Anything that speaks ASCOM through a bridge, plus native support for the current…Can I leave it running unattended?Yes. Sequences hold the Mac awake, resume where they stopped if something interrupts them,…Does it work without an internet connection?Yes, which matters because dark sites rarely have signal. The catalogue and your…
Testimonials
View All“I reported that my sequences were stopping overnight and got a reply that explained exactly why, then a fix that also made interrupted runs resume. I had not asked for the second part.”
An astrophotographerJul 2026🇬🇧
“Best mount control I have used on a Mac, and the refocus on temperature saved most of a night for me last month. Four stars because meridian flips still lose the target for a few minutes, which is the one thing left that costs me frames.”
An observatory volunteerJul 2026🇺🇸