Planetarium app

2014-05-22 Thread Astrovisuals
I wonder if anyone can help? I want to produce a basic planetarium app for iPad that shows the appearance of the Night Sky anywhere on earth. I believe I need: A program to convert RA and Dec to Alt-azimuth co-ordinates. A list of stars, plus details about how to add “constellation lines”

Re: Planetarium app

2014-05-22 Thread Fabio nonvedolora
Hi David, here http://www.astrofilibresciani.it/Meridiane/Ombre_del_tempo/Shadows.htm you can find some info, in english, about the contest, ciao Fabio Fabio Savian fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it www.nonvedolora.eu Paderno Dugnano, Milano, Italy 45° 34' 10'' N, 9° 10' 9'' E, GMT+1 (DST +2) From:

Re: Planetarium app

2014-05-22 Thread Fabio nonvedolora
David, I’m looking for the same matter and I’ve found something to share with you. I replay here, may be others are interested, but without the files I describe (I’ll send them to you), if someone else is interested I’ll send the files to those who request them. My target is to make a

Re: Planetarium app (Astrovisuals)

2014-05-22 Thread John Goodman
A list of star catalogs is available here - http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/starmaps/catalogues.php There are many planetarium apps available from the iTunes store. This one is well-regarded - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-night-sky/id475772902 On May 22, 2014, at 5:39 AM,

Re: Planetarium app

2014-05-22 Thread Peter Mayer
Dear Fabio, What a fabulous image! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. ciao, Peter On 22/05/2014 7:09 PM, Fabio nonvedolora wrote: David, I’m looking for the same matter and I’ve found something to share with you. I replay here, may be others are interested, but without

Re: Planetarium app

2014-05-22 Thread Peter Mayer
Dear Fabio, I _think_ on reflection, that your Fullerene is also a 'truncated icosahedron'. ciao, Peter On 22/05/2014 7:09 PM, Fabio nonvedolora wrote: David, I’m looking for the same matter and I’ve found something to share with you. I replay here, may be others are interested, but

Re: Planetarium app

2014-05-22 Thread David Patte ₯
As mentioned on the list, there are several planetarium apps available already, for various OSs. But If you would like to write something custom, I am available as a programmer consultant. I wrote the first planetarium programme for Windows called 'MyStars!' which peaked in popularity around

Re: Planetarium app

2014-05-22 Thread Sunclocks North America
Hi David, There's a pretty nice iOS app out there already called Sky Walk (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sky-walk/id543606710?ls=1mt=8) which shows the night sky and satellite paths from anywhere in the world, but as I understand it, only from your current geographical location. A good