Luna v0.7
Size: 12 KB
Date: January 4, 2002 (Updated)
Type: Freeware
Min. Requirement:
  • Palm III
  • Palm OS v3.1
Download:
  • Luna.zip

Author: Kenneth S Sarsony
Email: hlyspirit7@altavista.com

Description:
Do you miss the old Moog Synthesizer - random note?

This app was created just to relive it. Also so it does more useless stuff, my wife wanted a frequency sweep button.

Thanks to Hans Anger for the use of his moon image from the app Lunar, C 2001.

Update Description:
v0.7 (1/4/02):
- Changed button landscape.

Deep-Sky_750 v1.0
Size: 1 KB
Date: December 29, 2001
Type: Freeware
Min. Requirement:
  • Palm III
  • Palm OS v3.0
  • HanDBase
Download:
  • DeepSky_750.zip

Author: Ronald Powell
Email: ronp@wirefire.com

Description:
A HanDBase database of 750 of the best Deep-Sky objects for northern latitude observers.

Includes: Messier catalog, Caldwell objects 1-80, Herschel 400 catalog, and 214 other interesting objects.

astrolib v1.03
Size: 78 KB (.zip), 81 KB (.sit)
Date: May 6, 2001 (Updated)
Type: Freeware
Min. Requirement:
  • PalmPilot Personal
  • Palm OS v2.0
  • MathLib
Download:
  • astrolib_prc.zip
  • astrolib_prc.sit

Author: Delphi Twentine
Home: http://jove.prohosting.com/~de...
Email: delphi29@excite.com

Description:
The astrolib library calculates planetary positions and timezones.

Positions of sun, moon and planets up to Pluto are calculated with an accuracy of the order of one arc minute for dates less than a century away from now. Calculations are based on approximation formulae by Paul Schlyter, which are in turn based on a preprint of a paper by T. van Flandern and K. Pulkkinen "Low precision formulae for planetary positions", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 1980.

Information is retrieved about locations and time zones on earth, based on UNIX time zone data. The data contains information for over 350 locations world-wide and is even useful for dates centuries before UNIX machines existed. The same information is provided for about 2000 additional locations which have been assigned to UNIX time zone locations.

Currently, astrolib is implemented as a shared library for Palm OS 2.0 or later. It requires the MathLib library. Because the time zone data has been compressed quite a bit and the calculations do not require any external ephemeris data files, the library is only about 100K.

The astrolib source code is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. As I understand the license, this means essentially that you can use astrolib from commercial and non-commercial software, but that you cannot make a commercial product out of a modified version of astrolib. Redistribution under the GNU LGPL is, of course, possible.

Click here to view the documentation online or to download the source.

Update Description:
New Features in Version 1.03:
- 2000 additional locations, each assigned to a timezone location
- Faster and flashable (pointer to global data is now stored in A4 register, no longer in own resources)
- Quick access to all locations in a country.

Sidereal v1.1
Size: 26 KB
Date: September 24, 2001 (Updated)
Type: Freeware
Min. Requirement:
  • PalmPilot Personal
  • Palm OS v2.0
Download:
  • sidereal.zip

Author: Edgar Bonet
Home: http://www.edgar-bonet.org/
Email: palmgear@edgar-bonet.org

Description:
Sidereal is a sidereal clock form PalmOS.

In addition to the sidereal time, it also displays local time, UTC and the modified julian date.

Update Description:
v1.1 (9/24/01):
- Modular display: choose 4 items among 8
- Can display the date (local and/or UTC) and the solar time (mean and/or real).
- Times and dates are displayed in brown.
- Added HTML manual.

Planets Age & Weight v1.0
Size: 1 KB
Date: October 20, 2000
Type: Freeware
Min. Requirement:
  • Any hardware
  • Any OS
  • HanDBase
Download:
  • Planets_AgeWeight.zip

Author: Eric Meddaugh
Email: x86cpu@yahoo.com

Description:
When you enter your Age and weight, this will tell you your corresponding age and weight on the other 8 planets of the Solar System. Enjoy!!!

Astro Info v2.1.1
Size: 209 KB
Date: October 13, 2000
Type: Freeware
Min. Requirement:
  • PalmPilot Personal
  • Palm OS v2.0
Download:
  • astro.zip

Author: Michael Heinz
Home: http://astroinfo.sourceforge.n...
Email: michaelheinz@att.net

Description:
Astro Info is an open-source astronomical ephemeris/almanac for PalmOS. It displays some basic information useful to star gazers, such as Sun Rise and Set, Moon Rise & Set and % Full, and the rising and setting of each of the 8 planets. (Yes, eight. You didn't expect me to include the Earth, did you?) The Catalog page is new to Astro Info 2.0. This page displays a list of astronomical objects, such as the Messier List or the Caldwell Catalog. Clicking on the name of an object will pop-up a dialog box showing the object's magnitude, size, rise and set times and it's current position in both equatorial and alt/az coordinates.

Update Description:
This version has a dramatic improvement for the moon rise/moon set calculations. In addition, when looking at the planetary information panel, planets which are currently "up" are displayed in bold.