You have the choice of spherical, cylindrical, Lambert and Mercator projections.
All coordinates are precessed to the nearest Julian day at which the sky is being viewed. If proper motions are available then these are used to correct star positions. Planet positions are accurate to 30 arcseconds over the next 180 years.
Main Features:
- Creates simple maps for printing out.
- Has a quick pop-up legend for the object symbols used.
- Colours the stars according to spectral type.
- Hide or show objects below the horizon.
- Translates Dreyer codes used in the RNGC catalogue into plain English.
- Catalogues include commonly used names for the objects.
- Object search engine.
- Images for all catalogued objects.
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