Designed for recording the timings of lunar grazings, lunar ocultations, asteroid occultations transits, meteor showers and any other astronomical observation that needs a record of the date and time to the nearest 10th of a second.

Riseset has good accuracy for visual sighting. The actual sun times should be within a few seconds of the time shown. The moon and planets times are given to the second, but the actual time could be ± a minute.

The program also gives:

• The altitude and azimuth angles at the current time, or at a user specified time.
• A compass drawing showing the azimuth and altitude angles.
• Optional magnetic compass correction for azimuth angles.
• The right ascension and declination of each of the celestial bodies.
• For the Sun -- the length of the day, time of the civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight.
• The current percent visibility of the Moon.
• The date and time of the next Moon phase.
• Lunar or solar eclipse information a few days in advance of the event.

Gives the enthusiastic astronomer the positions of Jupiter's satellites, Great Red Spot (GRS) and a map of Jupiter's features all in one single convenient package, and it's FREE!

Features:

1. Show positions of Jupiter's satellites
2. Flip view E/W and/or N/S to show the same orientation as your set up.
3. View edge on, Plan or a 'wavey' diagram
4. Change the size of Plan and Edge on views
5. Animate Plan and Edge on views backwards or forwards in time
6. Click on a Satellites Label to see more information and a picture of the satellite
7. Click on the date or time to change to a different date/time
8. Click on Jupiter button for details about Jupiter
9. Distance from the Sun
10. Position in sky (RA and Dec)
11. Determine if the GRS is visible
12. Coordinates for the current central meridian in System I and System II coordinates
13. View an interactive map of Jupiter, move your stylus over a belt or zone to find out what it's called
14. Get recommendations on what filter works best on what feature

The Database contains:

• Full-color Cover Page, Storage Card Compatibility, Searchable Records

• Our Solar System, including Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, each with Distance from the Sun, Radius, Volume, Mass, Density, Surface Gravity, Escape Velocity, Sidereal Rotation Period, Sidereal Orbit Period, Mean Orbit Velocity, Orbit Eccentricity, Orbit Inclination, Equatorial Inclination, Mean Surface Temperature, Major Atmospheric Constituents, and Natural Satellites

• Missions In Space, including Past Missions, Present Missions, Future Missions, Mercury Manned Missions, Gemini Manned Missions, Apollo Manned Missions, Skylab Manned Missions, ASTP Manned Missions, and Shuttle Manned Missions

• Astronomy In History, including Ancient Times, Astronomers of Greece, Pioneers, and Terms

• Stars & Constellations, including 26 Brightest Stars, 15 Closest Stars, List of Constellations, Viewing Constellations, Evolution/Types of Stars, and Spectral Types of Stars

A 3D rendering view of space with the majors planets is also available.

SkyORB can detect solar / lunar eclipse, solstice and equinoxes days, renders sun clock, orbits view (in false scale) or real view (using real physics / orbital parameters for distance and planets dimensions).

This is the version for handhelds (for WinCE platform - ARM processors only). Windows and BeOS versions are also available