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Dec 01
2009

Skymate Pro: The Navigator's Almanac Version 1.05 / Nautical Almanac & Celestial for the Professional Mariner

Posted by: David Tran in Offtopic

David Tran

Skymate ProSkyMate Pro:  The Navigator's Almanac is a computerized Nautical Almanac. Using an internal almanac for the years 1900-2100, SkyMate Pro will provide Mariners the accurate information needed for celestial navigation at sea.

To maximize the full potential of SkyMate Pro, the user should have a working knowledge and proficiency in the terminology and skills of celestial navigation.

SkyMate Pro 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 Great Circle, Composite, Rhumb Line and multiple DR solutions
Print professional looking reports!

Marinas: SkyMate Pro provides quick and easy almanac calculations
Visual star charts calculate locations of stars quickly for AM/PM startime fixes.
Professionals add it to your arsenal of software tools as a navigation backup
Casual boaters will benefit by using SkyMate Pro as a refresher to improve on celestial skills

Educators:
Excellent teaching tool for instructors of celestial navigation
Use to sort through celestial projects submitted by students

Everyone:
The user friendly Windows interface makes SkyMate Pro an all-purpose celestial program
Calculations are independent of the vessel's DR passage providing the user with a flexible celestial program.
SkyMate Pro is Y2K compliant
Best of All - It's easy to learn and use!

http://www.mdnautical.com/pmsp.htm <== Buy it here

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