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Star Pilot
Star Pilot is a full featured sky-mapping program for the Palm Computing® platform. It has the ability to plot stars, planets, and Messier objects in a standard skymap format. Listed below are some of its features as well as screenshots taken directly from a Palm device:
Screen Shots
Main Display
Zoom Display
Identification Display
Find Display
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Features
 1500 stars in the database
All 88 constellations
All 110 Messier objects
Can plot stars in B&W, gray, or color
Supports hi-res screen display on Sony Clie and Palm OS/5 devices
Choose from pre-programmed cities or enter your own latitude and longitude for precise results
Zoom (with a zoom factor that can be set) on any portion of the sky
Display constellation lines in either the main screen or the zoom window in 3 different gray shades
Identify any star on the display with a single click (displays name, constellation, spectral type, distance, RA, Dec, and magnitude)
Use either the Palm's date and time or specify a different date and time to display the map for (unregistered version is restricted to the current day only, but different times are allowed)
Pick "city" or "rural" mode to determine what your night sky looks like, or specify your own magnitude range
Specify which objects you wish to see displayed including the ability to customize what symbols to use for each planet
Specify how often you wish the display to be redrawn
Find any star in the sky by name (Purchase version only)
Find any constellation in the sky by name (Purchase version only)
Can launch Sol! II, Moon Info!, and J-Moons!, Sol System, Planets!, and NGC! from Star Pilot (Purchase version only)
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Below is a screenshot of the hi-res display as seen on Sony Clie and PalmOS 5 devices:
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