Starry Night Widget
This is an astronomy Widget that will let you see the sky (planets, constellations) for any location on Earth.
Set your location by ZIP/postal code or by latitude and longitude, and the Widget flips to show a view of the current sky.
With a touch of a button, see the sky from all directions.
Its easy to customize your view. Choose to show constellations, the horizon, the ecliptic line, and labels for the celestial sights above.
The Widget refreshes your sky image every few minutes so you are always looking at something new.
Set your location by ZIP/postal code or by latitude and longitude, and the Widget flips to show a view of the current sky.
With a touch of a button, see the sky from all directions.
Its easy to customize your view. Choose to show constellations, the horizon, the ecliptic line, and labels for the celestial sights above.
The Widget refreshes your sky image every few minutes so you are always looking at something new.
Current Version: 1.1
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October 16, 2008 · version 1.1As a Widgit, good, but.
Kendal HI am a more of a dabbler than an astronomer, so this widget suits my needs. You have the stars, the constellations, the lines, everyhting. The one big annoyance is the bottom text-crawl--we cannot shut it off. Also, it would be better if we could enlarge the view.
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July 21, 2008 · version 1.1I Think...
Alexit's OK is not that great you cant see the exact location you want and it doesnt do much so yeah.
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March 09, 2008 · version 1.1Starry NIght Widget Broken
Turtle-BearThe supporting website has errors which breaks this widget. This has been going on since about March 2nd.
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November 15, 2007 · version 1.1 geoffSorted time problem. Make sure you don't have leading zero's switched on in regional settings.
Also, for people having trouble entering UK locations, make sure the postcode is blank and use GPS co-ords. If you leave anything in the postcode, it won't work correctly.
Only minor thing is the GPS co-ords are out so the sky is different for my area but this can easily be sorted by knocking off a few degrees.
Thank you once again and keep up the good work.
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November 15, 2007 · version 1.1 geoffBrilliant. I'm really impressed. Thank you.
The problem I have is that it gets confused after 11:59am. Either 12 or 24 hour clock setting it reverts back to morning. (i.e. 1pm is actually showing 1am sky.). Zoom would be great.
Version:
1.1
Updated:
2007-09-13
Downloads:
69,985
