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pruss
07-26-2010, 09:46 AM
AstroInfo is a full-featured open-source planetarium program for
PalmOS devices (requires PalmOS 3.0, optimized for 5.x). To install
version 3.5, please delete catalogs from old versions.

http://astroinfo.sf.net

Some of the new (relative to 3.0) features in version 3.5 include:
- upport for large catalogs
- full Tycho-2 star catalog (plus subsets for devices with more limited memory)
- Saguaro Astronomy Club catalog
- Barnard's dark nebula catalog
- ability to store catalogs on storage cards
- object list management (sort by rise/set, log notes, etc.)
- Hi-Res+ support
- various speed optimizations
- constellation lines and labels
- n-star alignment for analog setting circles
- display flipping/rotation for refractors and reflectors
- download survey image of current field of view from web
- field of view circles (Telrad, eyepiece, etc.)
- angular distance measure mode
- lunar calendar shows rise/set times when date clicked on
- fade below-horizon objects option
- customizable colors for objects in different catalogs
- large database of locations

LTT
07-31-2010, 07:21 AM
Thanks Alex
Nice to hear someone still working with the old Palm OS