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Star Pilot for Palm OS

Only $9.99

Last Updated: March 12, 2009
Developer: StarPilot
Delivery Method: Download
Version: 1.0  

Star Pilot is an application that allows you to view an astronomical star map in an overhead 'planetarium' view. Set any location in the world and display the locations of all the planets, the sun, the moon, almost 1500 stars and all Messier objects.

Star Pilot is a full featured sky-mapping program for the Palm Computing platform. It has the ability to plot stars, planets, and Messier objects in a standard skymap format.



Features
  • 1500 stars in the database
  • All 88 constellations
  • All 110 Messier objects
  • Can plot stars in B&W, gray, or color
  • Supports hi-res screen display on Sony Clie and Palm OS/5 devices
  • Choose from pre-programmed cities or enter your own latitude and longitude for precise results
  • Zoom (with a zoom factor that can be set) on any portion of the sky
  • Display constellation lines in either the main screen or the zoom window in 3 different gray shades
  • Identify any star on the display with a single click (displays name, constellation, spectral type, distance, RA, Dec, and magnitude)
  • Use either the Palm's date and time or specify a different date and time to display the map for (unregistered version is restricted to the current day only, but different times are allowed)
  • Pick "city" or "rural" mode to determine what your night sky looks like, or specify your own magnitude range
  • Specify which objects you wish to see displayed including the ability to customize what symbols to use for each planet
  • Specify how often you wish the display to be redrawn