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.
· 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
· Find any star in the sky by name (Purchase version only)
· Find any constellation in the sky by name (Purchase version only)
· Can launch Sol! II, Moon Info!, and J-Moons!, Sol System, Planets!, and NGC! from Star Pilot (Purchase version only)
What's New in This Release:
· This version fixes a bug with moon position.
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Supported operating systems:
Palm OS 3.x, Palm OS 4.x, Palm OS 5.x
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