NIGHTIME SKYCHART FOR MY LOCATION SOFTWARE

The selected view is designed to mimic what you actually see when you head outside at night, so that you don’t have to rotate star patterns in your head. A selected view appears on the left that shows a section of sky (via stereographic projection, to minimize distortion) along the horizon. And when you call up the Interactive Sky Chart on your mobile device, it’ll work there too.Īs before, the Interactive Sky Chart shows two customizable views of the naked-eye night sky for any date, time, and location: A full-sky view shows the Moon, as well as all the bright stars and planets visible to the naked eye for a given time and location. What that means for you, the user, is that there won’t be any more hoops to jump through just to get the sky chart to work.

The new version of the Interactive Sky Chart runs natively in the browser, no plugin required.

NIGHTIME SKYCHART FOR MY LOCATION SOFTWARE

We made the move because Java was never supported on iPhones or iPads, and some browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox, have also stopped supporting the software plugin. The biggest development is that we’ve moved the code base that runs the Interactive Sky Chart from a Java-based platform to an HTML5 platform. At long last, I’m proud to announce the release of Sky & Telescope’s much-loved Interactive Sky Chart! We worked with Chris Peat ( ) to make a number of changes - the vast majority of them under the hood - so that you’ll have a reliable sky chart that you can take with you into the night.

Nightime skychart for my location