2003 Meteor Shower Database - This is a database of 2003 meteor showers, including: name of the shower, date range, date at which the shower peaks, the maximum rate per hour, and the radiant. Thanks to the International Meteor Organization for the data, and for a very informative website
2004 Meteor Shower Database - This is a database of 2004 meteor showers, including: name of the shower, date range, date at which the shower peaks, the maximum rate per hour, and the radiant.
For observation, the higher ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate), the better (more meteors).
Maximum dates in parentheses indicate reference dates for the radiant, not true maxima
2005 Meteor Shower Database - This is a database of 2005 meteor showers, including: name of the shower, date range, date at which the shower peaks, the maximum rate per hour, the entry velocity, and the radiant.
For observation, the higher ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate), the better (more meteors)
AI (Astro Info)- This is the latest release of our FREE open source astronomical ephemeris.
AI (Astro Info) provides comprehensive data on objects in our solar system as well as catalogues of all types of interstellar objects.
This makes AI an invaluable tool for planning and observing with handy features such as showing objects currently above the horizon
Astro Compass (Palm OS) - The program allows to use the Palm like a real Compass.
Put yourself in front to any celestial object of solar system (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) or 28 bright stars (Sirius, Vega and so on): the program calculates its position on heavenly vault and then it will display a Compass
astro-metrics Desk Accessory - The astro-metrics DA shows the Local and Universal date and time, the Greenwich and Local Mean Sidereal Time and the Julian Day and Modified Julian Day. As a Desk Accessory it can be called up in any other application currently running to give you the current times
astrolib - The astrolib library calculates planetary positions and timezones.
Positions of sun, moon and planets up to Pluto are calculated with an accuracy of the order of one arc minute for dates less than a century away from now. Calculations are based on approximation formulae by Paul Schlyter, which are in turn based on a preprint of a paper by T. van Flandern and K
Astronavigation - A calculator for the celestial navigation with features for the sun, the moon, 80 stars, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. Calculates course, destination and noon. Up to 20 sights
Astronomy Terms - English/Spanish - This is a free dictionary for BDicty program.
This dictionary contains 520 Astronomy Terms translated from English to Spanish and vice versa.
Comes with a FREE Public version of BDicty.
Requires 7 Kb for the lexicon + 15 Kb for BDicty.
User Guide available online - User Guide
Daily Astro Data (Palm OS) - Jim Edwards had an annual ritual. Every year he would read magazine articles about the up-coming Orionids meteor shower. The trouble was, he always seem to read about them after-the-fact! Jim consistently missed one of nature`s finest celestial displays!
Jim is not alone
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