GENERAL FEATURES
Planetarium
- View from any location around the world
- By Specifying Latitude / Longitude, or
- By Clicking on the map of the world, or
- By selecting from the database of cities (user xpandable)
- View on any date from 2000 BC to 6000 AD
- Supports Daylight, Standard, GMT times
- Automatically interprets to Julian / Gregorian Dates
- View towards various coordinates or items
- Lock Onto Fixed Altitude/Azimuth
- Lock Onto a Right Ascension/Declination (J2000 or 'of Date')
- Lock Onto an Ecliptic Longitude/Latitude
- FIND & Lock Onto any astronomical object in database
Tilting orrery (view the orbits from above the sun, or from the ecliptic)
- View on any date from 2000 BC to 6000 AD
- Supports Daylight, Standard, UT times
- Automatically interprets to Julian / Gregorian Dates
Fast animation mode
Tooltips on stars, planets, etc.
Click on any object to find positional info about it
Dynamic Saved Views
Save image as GIF
User definable magnitude limit
View Below horizon feature
Automatically computes precession
Optional local effects:
- Parallax Correction
- Extinction
- Refraction
- Scattering
- Scintillation
Various coordinate grids can be added to display as required
Quick Zoom-In / Zoom-out Feature
Friendly help system
Tool-bar and Tooltips
VCR-style animation controller
Full screen Display mode option
Scroll-bar control of view
Full colour Printing
High accuracy calculations
Installation Help in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Portugese
STARS
Shows complete Yale Bright Star Catalogue of over 9000 brightests stars up to Magnitude 6.5
Registered version shows Hipparcos Star Catalogue of over 118,000 stars up to Magnitude 11
Brightness of stars on display is adjustable
Stars can be labeled by name, Bayer / Flamsteed ids, or HR or HIP Catalog numbers
Constellation labels can be added to display if required
Constellation stick figures can be added if required
Constellation boundary lines can be added if required
SUN/PLANETS
Actual NASA images of the planets are included and shown in the display
Images are shown to correct scale
Rise/Set times take into account angular size of objects. Accurate sun rise/set times
MINOR PLANETS (ASTEROIDS)
User-expandable database allows one to update data as equired
New datafiles can be downloaded from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and used directly
DEEP SKY OBJECTS
Complete Messier List of Deep Sky Objects are shown in display
DSOs can be labelled by name, M number or NGC number
Positions for DSOs are shown to correct scale
Rise/Set times take into account angular size of objects.
THE MOON
Actual image of the moon is shown to correct scale rotated to correct parallactic angle
Shows correct phase of moon and shows solar/lunar eclipses
Rise/Set time take into account angular size of objects. Accurate moon rise/set times
COMETS
User-expandable database allows one to update data as required
New datafiles can be downloaded from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and used directly
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