Features include:
. All stars brighter than magnitude 4.0 clearly visible in a graphic rendering of the sky. Dimmer stars needed to complete the constellation figures are also included, with an accurate reproduction of each star's color.
. Over 100 common star names, including all the standard navigational stars.
. Accurate calculations of the positions of the planets, Sun and the Moon for your location.
. An accurate representation of the current phase of the Moon.
. An intuitive way to determine what is in your sky currently, regardless of the size of your cell phone's screen.
. Wireless network access not required! If you're lucky enough to find yourself at a very remote dark sky site, all of picoSky features will still work. picoSky has completely self contained databases and harnesses the computational power of your cell phone to create a graphical representation of the sky.
. Geometric figures and names for all 88 constellations.
. Over 250 of the brightest and most popular deep sky objects, with each type (globular cluster, open cluster, galaxy, nebula, planetary nebula, and asterism) easily identifiable. If available its common name is also included.
. Search for and find any star, constellation or deep sky object in picoSky's databases and obtain detailed information for that object. A quickly accessible menu also gives you detailed information about the Sun, Moon and each planet. For example: Distance from the Earth and Sun for the planets, Moon, and Sun; Rise, Transit, and Set times ; Right Ascension and Declination coordinates ; Altitude and Azimuth coordinates ; The ability to view the object if above the horizon.
. View what will be or what was in the sky for any given date and time within thirty years from the present.
. Access to a database containing latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates for every telephone area code in the U.S. for simple location selection. Or for more precision, enter your exact location in degrees, minutes and seconds of latitude and longitude.