3.5.0
2021-07-17
Added Comet name decoder and Voyager 2 information.
3.2.0
2020-11-18
Added Lunar-Calendar for planning Star Parties.
3.1.0
2020-09-13
Magic Comet Name Decoder added to the Event Calendar Menu selections.
3.0
2020-04-29
Lunar information now shows an image of the moon in approximate phase and illumination.
Lunar information displays “BELOW HORIZON” when the moon is not visible.
Lunar information shows Moon and Sun rise and set times (local Pacific time).
Lunar information shows Astronomical Twilight start and end times.
Reduction in memory consumption.
Updated Voyager information to reflect more closely NASA's current numbers.
Updated moon counts.
Updated some images.
General cleanup/updat of static data.
2.0
2018-01-27
- Added planetary 2-year month-by-month display to Orrery
- Added 3 telescope library for different star parties
- Added Jupiter's moons display
- Added ability to see what moons look like through different telescope types
- Added telescope editor
- Updated help pages on WEB site
1.8
2017-04-18
Added visualization of Saturn's Rings for a range of possible dates.
1.7
2017-04-12
Added Planetary positions page to show planet positional relationships at public star parties.
1.6
2017-04-09
Added heliocentric and geocentric positions of the Planets from Sol and Earth.
Distances are in millions of km and millions of miles.
1.5
2017-03-31
Added "Solar System Info" reference page. Containing information on Mercury, Venus, Luna, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
The references are intended for public Star Parties. The information on each body includes: Light-time (one way) from Sol and Earth. Number of moons, Presence of rings, Average distance from Sol and Earth, Orbital Time, Length of Day, Average mean temperature, approximate mass an Orbital inclination. Distances are in in US and ISO lengths. Temperatures are in Celsius and Fahrenheit. Notes are included for each body.
1.4.0
2017-03-18
Added Voyager I approximate position information.
Added Lunar Information for age, percent illumination and phase (new, waxing, waning, crescent, gibbous, full and 1st/3rd quarters) for dates from 2017 to 2051.
Combined Lunar phase and info buttons to single row to reduce the screen footprint.
All of these are located under "Event Calendar"
1.3.0
2017-02-18
Added compass needle to compass and fixed heading display.
1.2.0
2017-01-27
Added a button to the POSITION page to allow switching the altitude dynamically between meters and feet.
15
2017-01-16
Fixes maximum year selection for Lunar Phases.