Amateur Astronomer Widget

Project 2

Aimee Rydarowski

Murray, LCC 6313

Amateur Astronomer Widget

Amateur Astronomer Widget

• For the inexperienced hobbyist

• Basic objectives: – The brightest satellites– Constellations – Planets

• Viewing conditions:– Moon phase (for

brightness)– Temperature– Sky conditions

Amateur Astronomer Widget

Data Sources

Satellite and sky chartswww.heavens-above.comHTML

Moon phases and weatherwww.almanac.comRSS and HTML

http://www.heavens-above.com

Amateur Astronomer Widget

Existing Applications Representing

Both Spectrums

www.heavens-above.com

Visitors can create an account and specify location which is stored in a database for later retrieval. Very comprehensive.

http://astronomy.physics.tamu.edu/Widget/SunlitMoon.index.htmlTexas A&M widget that

displays the true phases of the moon.

Amateur Astronomer Widget

questions for the class…Overlay VS separate selection?Other useful data?Other suggestions for info-vis strategy?*I want to implement location selection by major US city if possible, or by zip, but this project will default to ATL.