19 Dec
Posted by Abdul Aziz as Freeware, Mobile Devices
MobileStarChart is an open source, freeware Astronomy/Planetarium software for Java J2ME capable MIDP 1.0/2.0 mobile devices.
It simulates the whole sky at any point on earth with constellations, stars up to 6 mag, solar systems and some other celestial objects.

You can even search for objects in the sky database like “stars with common name”, “constellation name/abbr”, “planets name, including the Sun and the Moon”, “Messier Objects by its ID number or common name.”
Here are the complete features of this application:
-Both Horizontal and Equatorial Coordinate Display of whole sky.
-88 constellation names, 83 constellation stick figures, 110 messiers and stars up to mag 6.0 (5080 stars, and 50 common star names).
-Full 8 planets plus Sun and Moon is calculated, information is displayed respectively on a seperate screen.
-Location and Date/Time can be set at startup. Applicable for any location on earth given a specific time.
-Sophisticated display control over all information on screen.
-Search for any type of object and GOTO functions.
-Quickly jump over time with adjustable time steps.
-Auto update of celestial object positions.
-Support English and Chinese display of celestial object name
-Tiny 160KB compressed jar file. (for version 0.09)
Download here
2 Responses
Stellarium: Free Desktop 3D Planetarium to View Real-Time Stars & Skies on Windows, Mac or Linux by Tech[dot]Blog
January 24th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
1[...] from here. If you are looking for a 3D planetarium for Java J2ME mobile devices, check this post on Mobile Planetarium. addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; addthis_pub = [...]
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November 13th, 2008 at 9:13 am
2I may be wrong, but as far as a I have experienced on my own phone, the version to which you linked, only supports planet info for the Sun. No planets, including the Moon are available.
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