nocheSky java app free download

Description:
Ver v1.9 2009, for J2ME




This J2ME application has information about the Messier objects, galaxies, open clusters, globular clusters and nebulas with the following information:

* Catalog
* Alternative Catalog
* Constelation
* Object Type (i.e. open cluster)
* Right Ascension
* Declination
* Magnitud
* Size
* Distance to Earth
* High
* Azimuth
* Notes

The software allows you to maje an observation plan configured by:

* date and time of the observation

* location (latitude and longitude)
* time zone
* maximum Visual magnitude
* minimum angle above the horizon
* ordering criteria (by setting, hour angle distance to 0, hour angle closest to west horizon, high)
* showing or not the circumpolar objects

If you do not want to make a plan, you can only see the information of on selected object. NocheSky allows you to choose between the diferent categories (Messier objects, Galaxies, Open Clusters, Globular Clusters and Nebulas) and then it lists all the objects.

You can see all the Moon Phases of 2009, ordered by phase or month.

NocheSky shows you the Local Sidereal Time and Julian date for the moment of the observation. In case you did not change it, the default time is the current for your cell phone.
Notes

* Visible object is considered the ones that matches all the configuration rules.