The software programs in this section are produced by individuals—not large companies. They are labors of love by people who are extremely talented, and they try to give you all the information you could possibly need. These programs are stunningly good, and at the same time inexpensive! They have all been reviewed by experts for accuracy and ease of use. All of these programs include a built-in almanac to at least the year 2030, and contain routines for complete sight reduction. Typically the user enters the time of a sight, the sextant reading and the name of the body observed. The output is a bearing and distance needed to plot a line of position. The programs replace the Nautical Almanac and the Sight Reduction Tables. However, since computer devices are subject to failure, we recommend familiarity with the manual method of using the Almanac and Sight Reduction tables.
CelestNav is a full-featured celestial navigation solution for the Palm OS ® family of handheld computers. It runs on any Palm OS handheld with version 3.0 or higher. This includes the entire Palm III/V/VII/M100 families, Visors, Symbol, TRG, and IBM unit
Navigator is a remarkable program, and has received high praise from many expert navigators. It embodies many features rarely found in one program, and certainly not at such a low price. Its many celestial navigation features are:
* Perpetual Alman
Pocket stars is a high accuracy star chart, almanac to year the 2030, and celestial navigation calculator for PC, Pocket PC, and Windows mobile Smartphone. It is the ultimate portable astronomy tool.
Star Chart features include: animation of the sky in
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