Planetarium is an application for the Palm Connected Organizer that plots star charts and offers some unique, useful features for the beginning star gazer as well as for the professional astronomer.
Features: Draws a sky map; Compass view for easy location of objects in the sky; Can be used as a compass when the sun or the moon are visible; Connects to telescopes via the serial port; Comes with a location data base of 600 major cities; Can be used as world clock; Observation log to take notes of your observations; Can be used in the northern and shouthern hemisphere; The whole date range of the Palm is supported (1904 to 2030); Accuracy: 0.1 degrees typical; Memory requirement: 144 KB min; Depends on the amount of installed options and data.
Calculations: RA/Dec, Az/Alt of any object; Julian date and sidereal time; Rise and set time of any object; Twilight times; Moon phases; Solstices; Jupiter's moons; Angular size of Saturn's rings; Phase and elongation of the planets; Distance and magnitude of planets; Angular size of the planets; Graphical representation of the phase of the moon and the inner planets; Magnetic declination; Meteor showers
Objects: All planets, sun and moon ; 1600 or 9000 stars (can be determined at installation) ; 88 constellations; Deep sky objects data base expandable; (Data sets available for 110 Messier objects and 110 Caldwell objects, 280 double stars, 400 Herschel objects and over 1000 additional deep sky objects); Comets and asteroids (data base expandable)
Compatibility: Runs on PalmOS 2.0 or higher; Uses grey shades on PalmOS 3.0 or higher; Uses colours on colour devices.