SkyORB is more than a simple star map, it's a collection of 7 tools including a 3D star map, 3D planetarium, ephemeris, search engine, sun clock, point to sky...
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skyorb is more than a simple star map, it's a collection of 7 tools including a 3d star map, 3d planetarium, ephemeris, search engine, sun clock, point to sky, weather, and more.
key features:
• allows you to fine tune your observation location from the database of by entering longitude and latitude or automatically with location services,• allows to go back and forth in time with precision using plan404 series (accurate from 3000 b.c. to 3000 a.d)• information like sunset and sunrise are computed as well as moonrise and moonset and full / new moon dates and automatically generated calendar of upcoming astronomy events.• 3d planetarium with planets and satellites and 3 different views with 3d objects with different level of details using photo realistic textures and visuals.• 3d animation of the solar system in realtime or fast forward, with actual facts for each planets.• 3d sky map with realtime precession with planets, stars, constellations, deep objects, comets and satellites,• comets and satellites trajectories which can be updated among 6 differents databases including iau minor planet center.• displays the world map sun clock with rise and set.• multitouch trackpad (on some devices) with pinchingtozoom gesture is supported for zoomin and out.• universal search engine.• weather retrieval base from location.• 64bit multithreaded astronomy engine and multithreaded graphics engine, with opengl 4.0 support including retina high definition rendering, and full screen postprocessing with realtime processing of the planets, meteors positions and rotations.
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