Skymate Pro 2012
Skymate Pro 2012: The Navigator's Almanac is a computerized Nautical Almanac. Using an internal almanac for the years 1900-2100, Skymate Pro 2012 will provide Mariners the accurate information needed for celestial navigation at sea
OS: Windows XP (32-bit)
Vista (32-bit)
Windows7 (64-bit)
To maximize the full potential of Skymate Pro 2012, the user should have a working knowledge and proficiency in the terminology and skills of celestial navigation.
Skymate Pro 2012 uses date/time information entered into a DR Toolbar to calculate a number of various almanac functions. The flexibility of the DR Toolbar allows the user to quickly change date/time and position information for the various celestial functions available.
Skymate Pro 2012 provides the following almanac information for:
- Almanac years 1900-2100
- Sun and Moon
- Navigation Planets: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- 57 Primary navigation stars as listed in the daily pages of the Nautical Almanac
- Polaris
- 115 Auxiliary stars, as indexed in the Nautical Almanac
- Times of Rise, Set and Transit for each selected body
- Star Finder chart displays
- Predicted solar and lunar eclipses for a given year
- Calendar display of the moon's phases for a given year
- Calculates compass error
- Calculates a fix from a set of LOP's - Lines of Positions taken with a marine sextant
- Calculate navigation sailings (GC, RL) solutions.
- Print professional looking reports!