Re: [Utah-astronomy] Astronomy cell phone apps
Thanks for the on and off list responses guys. I forgot to ask the following additional question: For the cell apps that you are using, do they report: 1) SAO cross-reference numbers 2) GCVS cross-reference numbers For example, I believe Stellarium has the SAO numbers on the desktop app, but I'm not sure of the cell phone app. I can't seem to get any stellar info out of Google Sky. WikiSky coughs off stellar ids, does not give SAO numbers natively, but includes an autolink to Simbad that gives the SAO and GCVS numbers. SAO numbers are the workhorse ids in Meade and Celestron handcontrollers to due high-precision alignment slews to a bright star. Thanks again, Kurt
I use Stellarium on my laptop On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thanks for the on and off list responses guys. I forgot to ask the following additional question:
For the cell apps that you are using, do they report:
1) SAO cross-reference numbers 2) GCVS cross-reference numbers
For example, I believe Stellarium has the SAO numbers on the desktop app, but I'm not sure of the cell phone app. I can't seem to get any stellar info out of Google Sky. WikiSky coughs off stellar ids, does not give SAO numbers natively, but includes an autolink to Simbad that gives the SAO and GCVS numbers.
SAO numbers are the workhorse ids in Meade and Celestron handcontrollers to due high-precision alignment slews to a bright star.
Thanks again, Kurt
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pUniverse and Planisphere give popular names and their greek alphabet designation. No SAO or GCVS numbers.
Thanks for the on and off list responses guys. I forgot to ask the
following additional question:
For the cell apps that you are using, do they report:
1) SAO cross-reference numbers 2) GCVS cross-reference numbers
For example, I believe Stellarium has the SAO numbers on the desktop app, but I'm not sure of the cell phone app. I can't seem to get any stellar info out of Google Sky. WikiSky coughs off stellar ids, does not give SAO numbers natively, but includes an autolink to Simbad that gives the SAO and GCVS numbers.
SAO numbers are the workhorse ids in Meade and Celestron handcontrollers to due high-precision alignment slews to a bright star.
Thanks again, Kurt
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On my Iphone, I use Moon Globe (free) for Lunar stuff and Sky Safari Pro (not free) as a planetarium program. I does provide SAO and NGC numbers. Fletch
Thanks for the on and off list responses guys. I forgot to ask the following additional question:
For the cell apps that you are using, do they report:
1) SAO cross-reference numbers 2) GCVS cross-reference numbers
For example, I believe Stellarium has the SAO numbers on the desktop app, but I'm not sure of the cell phone app. I can't seem to get any stellar info out of Google Sky. WikiSky coughs off stellar ids, does not give SAO numbers natively, but includes an autolink to Simbad that gives the SAO and GCVS numbers.
SAO numbers are the workhorse ids in Meade and Celestron handcontrollers to due high-precision alignment slews to a bright star.
Thanks again, Kurt
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