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Planetarium is a Palm program that draws star maps. Beginners like it as well as professional astronomers. It calculates the position of the sun, the moon, the planets, thousands of stars, hundreds of deep sky objects, comets and asteroids for any time and any geographical position and draws a sky map of any section of the sky with all 88 constellations. Stargazers can use it to help them find or identify objects in a clear night-time sky. You can calculate twilight times, moon phases, and various astronomical information like coordinates, magnitude, distance, rise and set times and much more of the planets and all the other objects in the sky. The useful time-increment function makes the program very interactive. You can use the Palm computer's hardware buttons to advance forward or backward in time stepwise. The time intervals are carefully chosen so that you can, for example, follow the annual path of a planet among the stars, including retrograde motion and conjunctions. You can also use Planetarium as a compass when the sun or moon is visible. Line up the sun symbol in the compass display with the sun in the sky and your Palm shows you where north is. Planetarium can also be used with a Telescope. Just tap an object on the star map and read off its Az/Alt or RA/Dec coordinates to set on the compass rings of your telescope. It is even simpler if you have a computerized Telescope that you can connect via the serial port of the Palm.

Planetarium is a Palm program that draws star maps. Beginners like it as well as professional astronomers. It calculates the position of the sun, the moon, the planets, thousands of stars, hundreds of deep sky objects, comets and asteroids for any time and any geographical position and draws a sky map of any section of the sky with all 88 constellations. Stargazers can use it to help them find or identify objects in a clear night-time sky. You can calculate twilight times, moon phases, and various astronomical information like coordinates, magnitude, distance, rise and set times and much more of the planets and all the other objects in the sky. The useful time-increment function makes the program very interactive. You can use the Palm computer's hardware buttons to advance forward or backward in time stepwise. The time intervals are carefully chosen so that you can, for example, follow the annual path of a planet among the stars, including retrograde motion and conjunctions. You can also use Planetarium as a compass when the sun or moon is visible. Line up the sun symbol in the compass display with the sun in the sky and your Palm shows you where north is. Planetarium can also be used with a Telescope. Just tap an object on the star map and read off its Az/Alt or RA/Dec coordinates to set on the compass rings of your telescope. It is even simpler if you have a computerized Telescope that you can connect via the serial port of the Palm.

HandyAvi - Astronomy Edition allows you to make Astronomy videos, and Meteor Trail videos. It also will allow you to open, view and edit AVI file movies. HandyAvi will work with any video capture device that has a DirectShow driver. This includes nearly all Webcams, USB Adapters, video boards and many types of cameras. HandyAvi includes AVI file editing features which allow you make new videos from selected frames. AVI files can be created using any compression scheme (codec) found on your machine. HandyAvi will also display information about any AVI file. The display includes the codec that the file was created with. You can also use HandyAvi to create a new AVI file using some compression scheme OTHER than the one originally used to encode the AVI file. HandyAvi also includes a complete telescope control system that will control any telescope that uses the Meade LX-200 control codes

HandyAvi Deluxe is a multi-purpose video creation program. It allows you to make Time-Lapse videos, Motion-Detect videos, Astronomy videos, Meteor Trail videos, and Animation videos. It also will allow you to open, view and edit AVI file movies. HandyAvi will work with any video capture device that has a DirectShow driver. This includes nearly all Webcams, USB Adapters, video boards and many types of cameras. HandyAvi includes AVI file editing features which allow you make new videos from selected frames. AVI files can be created using any compression scheme (codec) found on your machine. HandyAvi will also display information about any AVI file. The display includes the codec that the file was created with. You can also use HandyAvi to create a new AVI file using some compression scheme OTHER than the one originally used to encode the AVI file. HandyAvi also includes a complete telescope control system that will control any telescope that uses the Meade LX-200 control codes

HandyAvi - Animation Edition allows you to make Animation videos. It also will allow you to open, view and edit AVI file movies. HandyAvi will work with any video capture device that has a DirectShow driver. This includes nearly all Webcams, USB Adapters, video boards and many types of cameras. HandyAvi includes AVI file editing features which allow you make new videos from selected frames. AVI files can be created using any compression scheme (codec) found on your machine. HandyAvi will also display information about any AVI file. The display includes the codec that the file was created with. You can also use HandyAvi to create a new AVI file using some compression scheme OTHER than the one originally used to encode the AVI file