amateur astronomer widget project 2 aimee rydarowski murray, lcc 6313
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Amateur Astronomer Widget
Project 2
Aimee Rydarowski
Murray, LCC 6313
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Amateur Astronomer Widget
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Amateur Astronomer Widget
• For the inexperienced hobbyist
• Basic objectives: – The brightest satellites– Constellations – Planets
• Viewing conditions:– Moon phase (for
brightness)– Temperature– Sky conditions
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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
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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.
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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.