AstroImage
Map type and source
View type
:
allsky
horizontal
Star source
:
bright stars (abt. 200 stars)
SAO (abt. 250000 stars)
Language
:
Finnish
English
Date and time
Observer's location
Time
(hh:mm:ss)
Latitude
N (dd mm ss)
Date
(dd.mm.yyyy)
Longitude
W (hh mm ss)
Timezone
(+-hours)
(above settings effective only if both are given)
Time and date default to the server's local time. Timezone defaults to server's country as does the use of daylight saving time. Latitude and longitude default to Turku, Finland (25E, 60°N).
Flags
On
Off - Pointer lines on solar objects in allsky-map
On
Off - Should the allsky map may be colored blue in daytime
On
Off
default by display type - Should star names be displayed in
horizontal bright star
view
On
Off
default by display type - Display the coordinates of the planets in upper right corner
Notes
The horizontal view shows a view to south. This is fixed, because in Finland planetary objects are usually in the southern direction.
The SAO map is very slow to use
The bright star map ends at about -30° because those stars are never visible in Finland. Sorry.
Future options
I doubt these will ever be implemented.
Screen size setting (x,y) (immediate future)
Flag: planet name labels (immediate future)
Flag: constellation borders (near future)
Flag: constellation labels (near future)
Flag: solar object numeric coordinates in allsky-map (near future)
Rising and setting times for solar objects (medium future)
Better projection calculations (far future)
Viewing direction (azimuth and altitude, etc, very far future)
Targeting at a specified object (solar or stellar, very far future)
Zooming (magnification, very far future)
Travelling paths for solar objects