picoSky™ Users Manual
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1. picoSky the next time you start picoSky the time and date will default to the Present Time Format Choose either a twelve hour civil time format or a twenty four hour military time format Figure 30 shows the default setting 13 Figure 30 Time Format Dialog PICOSKY USER MANUAL Units Choose either miles or kilometers as the unit of measure for the celestial object distance information Figure 31 shows the default in setting Recalc Rate ME Set the recalculating frequency the rate at which picoSky recalculates all the objects above the horizon Setting this value to Figure 31 Units gure 31 Units Dialog zero means picoSky recalculates every object in the sky each time a sky screen is rendered A good recalculating rate is 15 minutes since the sky only moves 374 degrees per hour thus the sky appears to move the distance of approximately a Boy Scout Salute the index middle ring fingers held together at arms length Figure 32 shows the default rate which is 15 minutes Site Information This set of dialogs let you configure picoSky for your particular location The least accurate but simplest way is to use your current location s telephone area code You can use the Latitude and Longitude dialogs to enter a very exact location Figure 32 Recalc Rate Dialog site Information 1 By AreaCode Latitude Longitude Time zone select Back Figure 33 Site Information Menu2. 14 PICOSKY USER MANUAL By Area Code Enter a rough approximation of your location by using the three digit telephone area code for the region your in If you enter an area code that is not in the database you will be asked to enter a valid one Figure 34 shows the default the telephone area code Latitude Enter a location s latitude in degrees minutes and seconds and if it is a northern or southern latitude Figure 35 shows the default settings for the 425 telephone area code location Longitude Enter a location s longitude in degrees minutes and seconds and if it is an eastern or western longitude Figure 36 shows the default settings for the 425 telephone area code location Latitude a GT P ma Degrees Degrees Minutes Minutes 35 7 seconds seconds 59 59 Choose Choose one ab Mort m East Edit ci South West Edit OK Edit Figure 34 By Area Code Dialog Figure 35 Latitude Dialog Figure 36 Longitude Dialog Time Zone Offset Adjust your current location s time zone as well as adjustments for daylight saving time and errant J2ME implementations The Local Time Correct adjustment fixes a problem some cell phones have when picoSky requests the current local time some phones return with Universal Time The Daylight Saving options allow picoSky to automatically adjust the local time for the given standard For North America daylight saving time starts at 2
3. 2 3 Distance in millions of Alt 31 43 le Az 255 de Earth 416 86 Distance in thousands Light Time 0 37 18 Sun 503 81 Light Time 0 45 05 view Back View Back Figure 23 Jupiter Details Figure 24 Moon Details atmospheric refraction is dependant upon such factors as altitude and humidity p p p 10 PICOSKY USER MANUAL Transit represents the time this object will reach its peak altitude for your location Set represents the time this object will recede below the horizon RA is the objects actual Right Ascension Light time is not taken into account Dec is the objects actual Declination Altis the objects apparent Altitude with atmospheric refraction taken into account Az is the objects apparent Azimuth or direction along the horizon The standard used in picoSky is 0 zero is North 90 is East 180 is South and 270 is West VMag represents the apparent visual magnitude for a particular planet The apparent visual magnitude scale is logarithmic in nature and more negative for brighter objects around 12 6 for the full Moon 0 zero for Vega and 4 for the dimmest stars within picoSky Distance is either in millions of miles or kilometers for the Sun and planets or thousands of miles or kilometers for the Moon Each planet will show the distance in millions of miles or kilometers as well as Light Time from both the Earth and the Sun while the Moon and the Sun only show distance from
4. 20 Index NGC3293 NGC3324 NGC3521 NGC3532 NGC3572 NGC3603 NGC3621 NGC3628 NGC3918 NGC4236 NGC4361 NGC4559 NGC4565 NGC4631 NGC4725 NGC4755 NGC4833 NGC4945 NGC5053 NGC5102 NGC5128 NGC5139 NGC5286 NGC5824 NGC5897 NGC5927 NGC5986 NGC6101 NGC6124 NGC6144 NGC6193 NGC6210 NGC6231 NGC6231 NGC6281 NGC6281 NGC6284 NGC6293 NGC6304 NGC6309 NGC6316 NGC6322 NGC6356 NGC6362 NGC6383 NGC6388 Type Open Cluster Nebula Galaxy Open Cluster Open Cluster Open Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Planetary Nebula Galaxy Planetary Nebula Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Open Cluster Globular Cluster Galaxy Globular Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Open Cluster Globular Cluster Open Cluster Planetary Nebula Nebula Open Cluster Nebula Open Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Planetary Nebula Globular Cluster Open Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Open Cluster Globular Cluster PICOSKY USER MANUAL Name Owl Pinwheel Sombrero Galaxy 47 Tucanae Index M85 M86 M87 M88 M89 M90 M91 M92 M93 M94 M95 M96 M97 M98 M99 M100 M101 M102 M103 M104 M105 M106 M107 M108 M109 M110 NGC40 NGC55 NGC104 NGC246 NGC247 NGC253 NGC281 NGC288 NGC300 NGC346 NGC362 NGC869 NGC884 NGC1023 NGC1097 NGC1232 NGC1261 NGC1291 NGC1313 Type Galaxy G
5. a m local time on the first Sunday of April and ends at 2 a m local time on the last Sunday of October For the European Union daylight saving time starts at 1 a m UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends at 1 a m UTC on the last Sunday in October The Date Offset value adjusts the date given in Current Time Typically you will not have to adjust these settings only do so if your current time is incorrect Local Time Correct Ves No Daylight Saving Mane m Morth America European Union Date Offset 0 Edit 13 Figure 37 Time Zone Dialog 15 PICOSKY USER MANUAL Help Figure 38 shows the Help dialog The primary information contained within this dialog shows how to change the Show Sky screens orientation Much more detailed information can be found at http www BubbasBits com or by using this manual About This dialog contains information on picoSky s publisher rights product serial number if registered and the current version number for the application The information contained after Platform should be included in any correspondence to Bubba s Bits 16 Help When viewing the sky vour keypad acts as a compass Up Left right Down Horth Agad SE T 8S 5 See BubbasBits cam for more information Back Version 1 4 1 Platform j me Back Figure 39 About Dialog PICOSKY USER MANUAL Troubleshooting This chapter focuses on issues that may arise whil
6. show you how to view the sky from any direction and present some of picoSky s powerful features We highly recommend that you at least take a quick glance through this section of the manual so you will be able to enjoy picoSky from the first time you use it T his guided tout will walk you through some of the key elements of picoSky The tour will take ICON KEY Throughout this manual you may notice some of the icons to the right We have Note attempted to call out some important features and to describe methods to help make Warni your use of picoSky a pleasant experience A Warning 9 Advanced Before running picoSky it is important that you make certain that your cell phones time accurately represents your local time Most cell phones update their time from the cellular service providet s netwotk If your cell phone does not show the correct local time picoSky s information and rendering of the sky will not be accurate First Time ss The first screen you will see when starting picoSky is the programs title screen which also presents T you with information about data that the program Constellation is loading Most cell phones take only a few seconds to load all of the data needed to run the program picos ku http comypicaSkwy ELLA html A Options Accept Figure 1 Title Screen Figure 2 EULA When you start picoSky for the first time the program asks two important questions Fi
7. the Earth Light Time is the time light takes to travel from that planet to the Earth or from the Sun in hours minutes and seconds Use your cell phone s Navigation Pad to scroll down to view more factual information in any Solar System dialog Select View to see the celestial object in a graphical rendering of the sky Search One of the most powerful features in picoSky is the database search feature The picoSky database contains 500 named and or numbered celestial objects which includes 108 star names 258 of the brightest deep sky objects including the entire 110 objects in the Messier catalog 46 deep sky object names and 88 constellation names When searching for a celestial object by name the search feature does Figure 25 Search Dialog not require you to enter the full name or even the correct case uppercase or lowercase picoSky compares the text you entered to every name for each celestial object in its database and displays rise transit and set times as well as present position data for the nearest match picoSky will display an alert if you enter text that can not be found and then allow you to edit your text If the celestial object found is above the horizon a View soft key label will appear giving you the opportunity to see where this object is in a graphical representation of the sky 11 PICOSKY USER MANUAL You may also search for deep sky objects by their catalog identification The picoSky dat
8. the last 15 minutes You can change the default recalculation setting see Recalc Rate on page 14 Current Time The current time dialog shows several related times uscful to astronomers amateur and professional alike picoSky uses the standards defined internationally to calculate the mean sidereal times so if your phone is synchronized with an atomic time standard then all displayed times are accurate to within one second Date unlabeled is the current day of the month month Figure 21 Current Time Dialog and Christian year Observing DST will appear if either North American or European Union has been selected under the Daylight Saving choice group within the Time Zone dialog and the date and time is within the standard time frame for the respective daylight saving time standard Local is the civil time for your given location It should match the time the cell phone provides as the current time UT Universal Time is the time in Greenwich England without any day light saving time corrections PICOSKY USER MANUAL GMST Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time can be used with paper star charts to determine which stars are currently near the meridian LMST Local Mean Sidereal Time is used for all astronomical calculations in picoSky This time represents the Mean Sidereal Time adjusted for your longitude JULIAN DAY represents the full Julian Day or the number of days that has passed since January 1st 4713 B C at noon i
9. NUAL A small green line next to the name to the left right top or bottom directs you to the exact object the name belongs to As you can see in Figure 11 often the screen can become too crowded to read when viewing the deep sky names The simple solution to that problem is to cycle through the names using the asterisk or pound key one by one until you find the object you are interested in Once you have selected an object you are interested in you A Options d i Info Back Options Into Back Figure 11 Crowded Deep Sky Screen and Single Name using key may then press the soft key associated with the Info label and obtain detailed textual information about that object such as when it will rise or set and its exact altitude and azimuth Viewing the Moon An important feature of picoSky is its ability to give you pertinent information about the celestial objects you wish to observe For example say you wanted to find information about the Moon From the Show Sky screen you would press the soft key on your cell PICO KY e 3 ablar System mmm show Sky Current Time l solar System Mercury Search Options Venus Mars select Exit Select Back Sun phone associated with the Menu label to Figure 12 Obtaining Information about the Moon return to the Main Menu From there you would select the Solar System menu and finally select Moon from the Solar System menu Once yo
10. Orion Alioth Ursa Major Hamal Aries Scheat Pegasus Alkaid Ursa Major Izar Bo tes Schedar Cassiopeia Alkes Crater Kaus Australis Sagittarius Segin Cassiopeia Alnilam Orion Kaus Borealis Sagittarius Shaula Scorpius Alnitak Orion Kaus Media Sagittarius Sheliak Lyra Alphard Hydra Kitalpha Equuleus Sheratan Aries Alphecca Corona Borealis Kochab Ursa Minor Sirius Canis Major Alpheratz Andromeda Kornephoros Hercules Spica Virgo Altair Aquila Markab Pegasus Sualocin Delphinus Ankaa Phoenix Megrez Ursa Major Sulafat Lyra Antares Scorpius Menkar Cetus Tchou Ara Arcturus Bo tes Menkent Centaurus The Garnet Star Cepheus Arneb Lepus Miaplacidus Carina The Peacock Star Pavo Asellus Australis Cancer Mintaka Orion Thuban Draco Asellus Borealis Cancer Mirach Andromeda Unukalhai Serpens Atria Triangulum Ausrale Mirak Ursa Major Vega Lyra Avior Carina Mirfak Perseus Vindemiatrix Virgo Bellatrix Orion Mizar Ursa Major Yed Posterior Ophiuchus Betelgeuse Orion Mothallah Triangulum Yed Prior Ophiuchus Canopus Carina Muphrid Bo tes Zubenelgenubi Libra Capella Auriga Nunki Sagittarius Zubeneschamali Libra 23
11. abase contains the entire 110 Messier catalog as well as the most visible NGC and IC catalog objects Messier numbers otiginate from the French astronomer Charles Messier published between 1771 and 1784 and represent 110 Ml l i Andrameda bright non stellar celestial objects In picoSky s Search dialog Bice 1 28 AM these numbers ate indicated with an M at the beginning of the text Transit 12 43 PM For example the Andromeda galaxy could either be searched for set 11 58 PM RA 0h 43m by entering M31 or Andromeda Dec 41 16 Alt 31 46 NGC numbers originate from the New General Catalogue of View Back Nebulae and Clusters of Stars by J L E Dreyer published in 1888 In picoSky s Search dialog these numbers are indicated with an Figure 26 Search results for M31 NGC at the beginning For example NGC6992 will find the Veil nebula IC numbers originate from the Index Catalogue supplement to the New General Catalogue which was published in 1895 In picoSky s Search dialog these numbers ate indicated with an IC at the beginning For example 101613 will bring up data on this dwarf irregular galaxy in our Local Group 12 PICOSKY USER MANUAL Options This Main menu option lets you set rendering options set date and time time format units of measure and the Sky screen recalculation rates Rendering Turn the different graphical features shown in the Sky screens on ot off You may wish to turn Constell
12. ades Set 11 49 PM RA 3h 47m Dec 24 7 Alt 51 1 Select Exit potions Save Clear Back Figure 17 Searching for the Pleiades the object you are interested in The name does not have to be spelled out completely or have the proper case picoSky will find the first object in 1ts database that matches what you have entered In our example we will search for the beautiful Pleiades open stat cluster The information calculated once the Pleiades is found include its type position name and or catalog identification and the rise transit and set times for your location The right ascension and declination or altitude and azimuth position information can be useful for finding the object in your telescope As can be seen in the last screen of Figure 17 above the Pleiades cluster is above the ptions Info Back horizon otherwise had the Pleiades had been Options Info Back below the horizon the Alt and Az fields of that Figure 18 View of the Pleiades dialog would instead state Below Horizon Simply press the View soft key to see the Pleiades in a graphical representation of the sky When an object is viewed picoSky paints a green circle around the object and displays its name In the case of our example the Pleiades appear right behind the label for Mars You can see a clearer representation of the Pleiades by pressing the asterisks key once This will cycle through the labels and uncover the Pleiades location
13. alaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Globular Cluster Open Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Planetary Nebula Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Open Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Globular Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Planetary Nebula Galaxy Globular Cluster Planetary Nebula Galaxy Galaxy Nebula Globular Cluster Galaxy Open Cluster Globular Cluster Open Cluster Open Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Globular Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Name Cat Eye Barnard s Galaxy Blinking Planetary Veil North America Saturn Nebula Blue Snowball Coalsack Coathanger Horsehead SagDEG 21 Index NGC6397 NGC6401 NGC6441 NGC6522 NGC6530 NGC6541 NGC6543 NGC6544 NGC6553 NGC6569 NGC6572 NGC6604 NGC6624 NGC6633 NGC6642 NGC6712 NGC6723 NGC6744 NGC6752 NGC6790 NGC6803 NGC6818 NGC6822 NGC6826 NGC6883 NGC6934 NGC6946 NGC6992 NGC7000 NGC7009 NGC7023 NGC7027 NGC7331 NGC7662 NGC7793 1C342 1C1396 1C1613 1C2391 1C2602 IC5146 Type Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Open Cluster Globular Cluster Planetary Nebula Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Planetary Nebula Open Cluster Globular Cluster Open Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Galaxy Globular Cluster Planetary Nebula Planetary Nebula Planetary Nebula Galaxy Planetary Nebula Nebula Globular Cluster Galaxy Nebula Nebula Plane
14. and label PICOSKY USER MANUAL Each type of deep sky object represented in picoSky has an identifying icon to help make it easy to determine what is in a particular location in your sky Figure 19 shows each icon and what type of deep sky object that icon represents Asterism E Globular Cluster Dark Nebula ee Open Cluster Double Star 1 Nebula Galaxy Kal Planetary Nebula Figure 19 Deep Sky object icons PICOSKY USER MANUAL Main Menu Options Thus chapter covers every feature of pacos Ry ttem by item EDTESAM From the picoSky Main Menu you can view a graphical representation of Current Time the current sky obtain an accurate calculation of the astronomical times Solar System access information about celestial objects and configure picoSky The search following subsections detail each Main Menu selection in detail Options site Information Help Show Sky About select Exit Select Show Sky to render a view of the southern sky for your location re and time If this is the first time you ve selected Show Sky for a particular Figure 20 Main Menu session picoSky calculates all the relevant positions for each celestial object above your horizon This calculation may take up to a minute on some cell phones but future renderings will only take a few seconds picoSky has a default recalculation time of 15 minutes meaning it will recalculate the position of everything above the horizon if it hasn t done so in
15. ations or Deep Sky off in order to have quicker access to a graphic representation of the sky or to make the sky image less cluttered You may also change the Font Size depicted in the Sky screens Lastly the Alt Az Grid choice will show a grid for every ten degrees for the altitude and azimuth This grid can be used to get a better judgment for how far objects are from each other or from the horizon Set Date amp Time Calculate and render the sky for the Present moment or set a Fixed date and time in the past or future Setting a date and time other than the present can be useful to see what was or will be visible in the sky at a different time The default Fixed time is set for 11 00 pm of the current day Figure 29 shows an example of the fixed date and time used for all of the figures used within this manual To keep the date and time set for the present moment select Present To set a fixed date and time select Fixed then enter the date and time in the appropriate fields Use the number keys on your cell phone to enter the numbers When you exit Options 1 Renderin Set Date amp Time Time Format Units Recalc Rate Select Back Figure 27 Options Menu Rendering Constellations e small a Medium O Large lt Az Grid Show UnMark Ok Figure 28 Rendering Dialog Sgt Date amp Time Time Present Fixed Time 23 03 2004 18 26 select Figure 29 Set Date amp Time Dialog
16. e is used to estimate your location eer Area Lode rea Code Area Code ee SA Figure 3 First two screens after EULA Main Menu After you have entered your telephone area code Code T Register the picoSky main menu is presented From here Current Time you can configure picoSky and access its wealth of Solar System information Search Options Registration p Information Options Edit 0k Edit EI picoSky 15 considered a Shareware application About meaning that you may try this software on your Select Exit cell phone for free five times and if you like it you can then purchase a license to use it You will teceive a registration key via e mail once a license Figure 4 Main Menu amp Registration to use picoSky is purchased You may enter this key by selecting Register from the Main Menu You will then be free to use picoSky as many times as you wish Show Sky Once you ate at picoSky s main menu the first thing you may wish to do is to view the sky When you select Show Sky for the first time picoSky will calculate the position of all of the objects in its database for your time and location and then picoSky will create a graphical representation or A Moon Me Options Info Back Options Into Back Figure 5 Before and after pressing 9 rendering of the sky to your south This calculation of the astronomical object positions takes the most time as there are ma
17. e using pacos ky and their solutions Please feel free to e mail us at support bubbasbits com if you require any assistance with picoSky When creating your e mail please include the information from the picoSky About dialog as many cell phones are different and this will provide us with a reference point Configuring picoSky for Another Location All planetarium programs are dependent upon two things your location on Earth and the current local time The first time you start picoSky it will ask you for your current telephone area code and will use that three digit number to search a database of all of the area codes in the United States in order to obtain an approximate latitude longitude and time zone picoSky contains a database comprising the latitude and longitude of each area code currently in use in the U S A This gives the program a close approximation of where you are on the planet A more accurate location can be entered through the Latitude and Longitude menu items See Latitude and Longitude on page 15 for more information To configure picoSky for any location and time 1 From the Main Menu select Site Information 2 From the Site Information menu select By Area Code 3 Enter the desired telephone three digit area code and select OK 4 Select Back to return to the Main Menu Check to make sure picoSky is using the correct time setting by selecting Current Time from the Main Menu If the Local Time is close to what you kn
18. fee rs O piis BUBBAS BITS INCORPORATED Cell Phone Astronomy Software picosky Users Manual CELL PHONE ASTRONOMY SOFTWARE picoSky Users Manual Version 1 4 2003 2004 Bubba s Bits Inc PMB 678 15600 NE 8 Street Suite B1 Bellevue WA 98008 support Abubbasbits com Table of Contents AS 01164 HOLE Baro ii Ep COS K A bt sopla 1 Piee AA 1 TA T E E E 2 EE 2 AUTO O Va TERR 2 Slow oky HAMA O tadas 3 SEET 4 SOW SEV Name did oa 4 Menta MO ao ts 5 e H 6 E O A E d 6 SALE AA 7 Mam Jeer 9 SAA DI e oars 9 Curre Be rrr Trt 9 SR EE 10 S o PRO tee 11 A A E 13 GA Eeer 13 A 13 O eer 13 E E ta 14 EE 14 St egen 14 Dy uea OCG arbos NANA Kanan anak dean eoa issil nA AA Anak 15 Tata a 15 LODE ota 15 NB AONE a E E T E C TEE OTON 15 AA 16 AN eo ce ets tics NA AA AA 16 Troubles NOO NO aa AA AA ANA aa 17 Contieutinepicosky for Another Loca 17 Local DING COCO NA O O AA 17 CON ni 18 Append Ae Deep oky Ob ect 19 Appendix D Constellation Names ibid iii 22 001 E STAN AMES ama 23 PICOSKY USER MANUAL A Guided Tour Through picoSky An examination of pacos Rys primary features you through the initial run of picoSky
19. n Greenwich and 15 used for all planetary position calculations in picoSky Solar System Select Solar System from the Main Menu to get numerical information about the Sun Moon and each planet in our solar system as well as having the ability to view each one in a graphical representation of the sky if that solar system object is above the horizon For each solar system object the Sun Moon and eight of the planets the following information is given For the Moon a special textual description of which phase it is in is given followed by a graphic representation of the current phase Galilean Moons Moon Phase are special cases for Jupiter and the Moon respectively Each will show a small graphical representation of the position of the largest four moons of Jupiter or of the phase of the Earth s Moon New Full dates for the next new or full phase of the Moon Rise represents the time this object will rise above the horizon within a few minutes Precision for rising and setting times should never be more than a minute since the Earth is not a smooth sphere and solar SYSTEM 1 SD Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto select Back Figure 22 Solar System Menu Jupiter Moon Galilean Moons Waxing Crescent lo Europa E Callisto Danymede Rise 4 13 PM Transit 10 54 PM Set 5 36 AM RA 10h 54m Dec 8 35 Alt 217 41 Az 101 19 Mag
20. ny objects and each requires a good deal of computation Fortunately this calculation phase will only happen the first time you view the sky and every fifteen minutes thereafter The second 2 PICOSKY USER MANUAL phase of the process the rendering is much faster and will allow you to view the sky from any angle without the need to recalculate When the sky is shown you can use your phones numeric keypad to change the direction of the rendering For example when you first see the sky rendered 1t will be a representation of the southern sky Depressing the 9 key will change the view to show the southwestern sky Just above the horizon line are small text markers showing the currently viewed direction in this case the first screen shows an S for south and the second an SW for southwest in Figure 5 on page 2 Show Sky Orientation Your cell phone s numeric keypad acts as a compass for picoSky Pressing numbers 1 through 9 causes picoSky to render a representation of the sky in that direction Figure 6 shows all of the functions of your phones numeric keypad when viewing the sky renderings Keys 1 through 9 acts as the eight standard directions of a compass and depressing one of those keys will show a view of the sky from that direction The 5 key is a special case it shows the zenith or what is directly above you for each direction of the compass If you ate viewing the southern sky and press 5 your new view will be of the
21. op Cygnus Swan Scutum Shield Delphinus Dolphin Serpens Serpent Dorado Swordfish Sextans Sextant Draco Dragon Taurus Bull Equuleus Little Horse Telescopium Telescope Eridanus River Triangulum Triangle Fornax Furnace Triangulum Australe Southern Triangle Gemini Twins Tucana Toucan Grus Crane Ursa Major Great Beat Hercules Hercules Ursa Minor Little Beat Horologium Clock Vela Sails Hydra Water Monster Vitgo Virgin Hydrus Water Snake Volans Flying Fish Indus Indian Vulpecula Fox 22 PICOSKY USER MANUAL Appendix C Star Names This table represents all star names used within pacos ky and which constellation they reside within Primary Name Constellation Primary Name Constellation Primary Name Constellation Acamar Eridanus Caph Cassiopeia Phact Columba Achernar Eridanus Castor Gemini Phecda Ursa Major Actux Crux Cor Caroli Canes Venatici Polaris Ursa Minor Acubens Cancer Deneb Cygnus Pollux Gemini Adhara Canis Major Denebola Leo Procyon Canis Minor Al Giedi Capricornus Diphda Cetus Ras Algethi Hercules AI nair Indus Dschubba Scorpius Ras Alhague Ophiuchus AI Na ir Grus Dubhe Ursa Major Regulus Leo Al Rescha Pisces Elnath Taurus Rigel Orion Alchibah Corvus Eltanin Draco Rigel Kentaurus Centaurus Alcor Ursa Major Enif Pegasus Rukbah Cassiopeia Aldebaran Taurus Fomalhaut Piscis Austrinus Rukbat Sagittarius Alderamin Cepheus Gacrux Crux Sabik Ophiuchus Algol Perseus Glensh Corvus Sadal Melik Aquarius Algorab Corvus Hadar Centaurus Saiph
22. ow is the cutrent time nothing more needs to be done Otherwise if it is off by a great deal several hours an adjustment is needed Local Time Correction Some cell phone J2ME M implementations may incorrectly give picoSky a Universal Time when picoSky asks for the current local time Unfortunately picoSky can not detect when this happens or we would ve made an adjustment If you notice that the Local Time in your Current Time differs greatly from what your cell phone states is the correct time you will need to make a simple adjustment to let picoSky know of the problem To correct your local time 17 PICOSKY USER MANUAL 1 From the Main Menu select Site Information 2 Select Time Zone 3 Choose No as the option under the Local Time Correct menu item 4 Select OK to return to the Main Menu 5 Check to see if the Current Time is correct Credits picoS ky was developed by a dedicated team of astronomy enthusiasts Executive Producer Laura McGrath Chief Software Architect Kevin McGrath Art Director Connie Braat Chief Editor Laura McGrath Database Creation Laura McGrath Kevin McGrath Testing Kevin McGrath picoSky and the Bubba s Bits Logo are trademarks of Bubba s Bits Inc all rights reserved Lunar photograph used for Moon Phase image 2003 Bubba s Bits False color Voyager 2 Neptune image used within the picoSky logo courtesy of NASA JPL Caltech J2ME is a trademark or registered tradema
23. r NGC2477 Open Cluster M29 Open Cluster NGC2579 Nebula M30 Globular Cluster NGC2808 Globular Cluster Andromeda M31 Galaxy NGC2841 Galaxy M32 Galaxy NGC2903 Galaxy Triangulum M33 Galaxy NGC3115 Galaxy M34 Open Cluster Fight Burst NGC3132 Planetaty Nebula M35 Open Cluster NGC3201 Globular Cluster M36 Open Cluster Ghost of Jupiter NGC3242 Planetary Nebula M37 Open Cluster NGC3247 Open Cluster M38 Open Cluster NGC3293 Open Cluster 19 Name Great Nebula Beehive Pleiades Whirlpool Sunflower Blackeye Little Dumbbell Bode s Nebula PICOSKY USER MANUAL Index M39 M40 M41 M42 M43 M44 M45 M46 M47 M48 M49 M50 M51 M52 M53 M54 M55 M56 M57 M58 M59 M60 M61 M62 M63 M64 M65 M66 M67 M68 M69 M70 M71 M72 M73 M74 M75 M76 M77 M78 M79 M80 M81 M82 M83 M84 Type Open Cluster Double Star Open Cluster Nebula Nebula Open Cluster Open Cluster Open Cluster Open Cluster Open Cluster Galaxy Open Cluster Galaxy Open Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Planetary Nebula Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Globular Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Open Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Asterism Galaxy Globular Cluster Planetary Nebula Galaxy Nebula Globular Cluster Globular Cluster Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Galaxy Name Blue Planetary Jewel Box Omega Centauri Box
24. ring From this screen you can enable or disable DI CO KY e 5 Search Site Information Help About Select Exit Rendering Constellations Set Date amp Time Time Format Units Recalc Rate Font Size e mall a Medium select Back UnHark Ok Renderin E Figure 15 Turning on Deep Sky object rendering the vatious graphical features you wish to be in effect when picoSky renders a Show Sky screen In our example we need to enable or check the Deep Sky option After Deep Sky is checked select the soft key associated with the OK label then select Back from the Options menu to return to the Main Menu AIt Az Grid We have added an optional grid that represents 10 ten degree separations in altitude and azimuth to make it easier to judge scale when viewing the small representation of the sky that picoSky presents This option can be found at the bottom of the Rendering dialog e mall a Medium Large lt Az Moon Options Info Back Figure 16 Alt Az Grid and results PICOSKY USER MANUAL Searching Once back at the Main Menu you can search for information regarding any object in picoSky s database such as a stat constellation or deep sky object Simply select Search from the Main Menu and enter in a name or catalog designation for picosk m d ET dd Mg mama Pleiades Search ben e 74 Options i Transit 3 48 PM site Information Plei
25. rk of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S or other countries 18 PICOSKY USER MANUAL Appendix A Deep Sky Object Database Thus table represents all deep sky celestial obyects used in picaS Ry with their name catalog number and type Name Index Type Name Index Type Crab M1 Nebula NGC1316 Galaxy M2 Globular Cluster NGC1360 Planetary Nebula M3 Globular Cluster NGC1365 Galaxy M4 Globular Cluster NGC1502 Open Cluster M5 Globular Cluster NGC1514 Planetary Nebula Butterfly M6 Open Cluster NGC1528 Open Cluster M7 Open Cluster NGC1535 Planetary Nebula Lagoon M8 Nebula NGC1624 Nebula M9 Globular Cluster NGC1746 Open Cluster M10 Globular Cluster NGC1851 Globular Cluster Wild Duck M11 Open Cluster Trapezium NGC1980 Open Cluster M12 Globular Cluster Tarantula NGC2070 Nebula Great Cluster M13 Globular Cluster NGC2129 Open Cluster M14 Globular Cluster NGC2175 Nebula M15 Globular Cluster NGC2244 Open Cluster Eagle M16 Nebula Christmas Tree NGC2264 Open Cluster Omega M17 Nebula NGC2281 Open Cluster M18 Open Cluster NGC2301 Open Cluster M19 Globular Cluster NGC2362 Open Cluster Trifid M20 Nebula NGC2362 Open Cluster M21 Open Cluster Eskimo NGC2392 Planetary Nebula M22 Globular Cluster NGC2403 Galaxy M23 Open Cluster Intergalactic Wanderer NGC2419 Globular Cluster M24 Open Cluster NGC2438 Planetary Nebula M25 Open Cluster NGC2439 Open Cluster M26 Open Cluster NGC2440 Planetary Nebula Dumbbell M27 Planetary Nebula NGC2467 Nebula M28 Globular Cluste
26. rst in order to continue running the program you must accept the picoSky End Users Licensing Agreement EULA This common agreement is found with most software packages and can either be read through your phone or read online at http www BubbasBits com If you choose to read the agreement through your phone picoSky will need to access the agreement over the wireless network so your phone may ask your permission for picoSky to use the wireless network This is the only time when picoSky will request use of the wireless network If you ve already read the agreement and wish to continue using picoSky simply choose Accept PICOSKY USER MANUAL picoSky continues once you have accepted the EULA The application will then require you to enter a three digit United States telephone area code which picoSky uses to find your approximate latitude longitude and time zone First picoSky ptesents you with information about why it will be asking for your telephone area code Next picoSky allows you to modify the default area code which is 425 Figure 3 shows an example of these two screens This information is critical for picoSky to give an accurate representation of your night sky If you are located outside the United States please see the section that describes the Site Information menu on page 14 You can use the Site Information menu to enter the exact latitude and longitude fot any location on Earth To represent e your sky an area cod
27. tary Nebula Nebula Planetary Nebula Galaxy Planetary Nebula Galaxy Galaxy Nebula Galaxy Open Cluster Open Cluster Nebula Dark Nebula Asterism Dark Nebula Galaxy PICOSKY USER MANUAL Appendix B Constellation Names This table represents all constellation names used within picoS ky and ther English translation Name Translation Name Translation Andromeda Daughter of Cepheus Lacerta Lizard Antlia Air Pump Leo Lion Apus Bird of Paradise Leo Minor Lesser Lion Aquarius Water Bearer Lepus Hare Aquila Eagle Libra Balance Ara Altar Lupus Wolf Aries Ram Lynx Lynx Auriga Charioteer Lyra Lyre Bootes Herdsman Mensa Table Caelum Chisel Microscopium Microscope Camelopardalis Giraffe Monoceros Unicorn Cancer Crab Musca Fly Canes Venatici Hunting Dogs Norma Square and Rule Canis Major Greater Dog Octans Octant Canis Minor Lesser Dog Ophiuchus Serpent Bearer Capricornus Goat Orion Hunter Carina Keel Pavo Peacock Cassiopeia Mother of Andromeda Pegasus Winged Horse Centaurus Centaur Perseus Hero son of Zeus Cepheus King of Ethiopia Phoenix Phoenix Cetus Whale Pictor Painter s Easel Chamaeleon Chamaeleon Pisces Fishes Circinus Compasses Piscis Austrinus Southern Fish Columba Dove Puppis Stern Coma Berenices Berenice s Hair Pyxis Compass Box Corona Australis Southern Crown Reticulum Net Corona Borealis Northern Crown Sagitta Arrow Corvus Crow Sagittarius Archer Crater Cup Scorpius Scorpion Crux Southern Cross Sculptor Sculptor s Worksh
28. u have selected Moon on the Solar System menu picoSky calculates the current phase position distance and rise transit and set times and presents that information to you Although there are only eight textual descriptions of the Moons phases the image that represents the Moons current phase is highly accurate Moon Waxing Crescent Dec 14 19 Alt 31 43 Az 255 48 Distance in thousands af miles Earth 248 00 Back D Figure 13 Information about the Moon PICOSKY USER MANUAL If the Moon is above your horizon a View soft key will appear Pressing the soft key on your phone associated with the View label will cause picoSky to calculate and render a graphical representation of the current position of the Moon in your sky Advanced Features If you are an amateur or professional astronomer you may wish to use picoSky s Info Back ptions Figure 14 Results of pressing View for Moon more advanced features to find celestial objects that you are interested in picoSky contains a database of ovet 250 of the brightest and most popular deep sky objects as well as the ability to display information about them and to view them on a graphical representation of the sky 1f they are above your horizon You must first enable rendering of deep sky objects in order to see them in a Show Sky screen do this select Options from the Main Menu Once in the Options menu select Rende
29. ure 9 Southwestern Show Sky Solar System Stars and Search and the direction Constellations Screens along the horizon line The second Name screen displays star names The third screen shows constellation names The fourth screen displays the names and or catalog identifications of each deep sky object if and only if they are rendered The fourth screen is only active when deep sky objects have been selected to be rendered To leatn how to render these deep sky objects please see Advanced Features on page 6 Pressing 0 zero while viewing the last name screen will cycle back to the first screen In order of appearance the name screens are as follows 1 Planets Sun Moon any found objects and direction 2 Stat names 3 Constellation names 4 Deep sky catalog identifications and or names Show Sky Name Cycling The asterisk key lets you cycle forward through the names on each screen one name at a time Since many screens are crowded with too many names to read you may wish to use this function to display one name at a time when trying to Options Info Back Options Info Back identify a specific stat or constellation AA Figure 10 Southwestern Stars Name Cycling The pound key lets you move backward through the names on each screen If you ate cycling through names at a rapid pace and you accidentally pass over the name you want you can go back to that name using the pound key PICOSKY USER MA
30. zenith with south toward the bottom of the screen The direction keypad on your cell phone will pan or rotate the rendered view Left and Right rotates the view as if you had turned to the left or the right respectively Up and Down pans the view as if you had lifted or lowered your Zenith East j 6 lt West 5 e 9 SE South SW P po n A Roo Next Next Previous Name Name Name Screen Figure 6 Numeric Keypad Functions head up ot down respectively The zenith will always remain up while rotating or panning You may also Zoom In or Zoom Out of the rendered view to get a closer look or to see the whole sky in one screen The Zoom features can be found by pressing the button labeled Options which on some phones is labeled Menu or More While zoomed in or out the panning and rotation keys will continue to work but 1f you press any of the numeric keypad keys 1 through 9 then the rendered view will revert to the default magnification and show the sky from that particular compass direction ptions ss OT A Into Figure 7 Zoom In Uu Paw ric Siy AM n TA Back Info Options Back Figure 8 Zoom Out PICOSKY USER MANUAL Show Sky Name Screens The 0 zero key on the numeric keypad cycles through picoSky s name screens The first name screen you see when you first view rendering of the sky are the names of the Options Info planets Sun Moon any found object from a Fig
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