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    psp Satfinder Portable v1.3



    SatFinder Portable is the perfect program for all keen on astronomy. Its main task is to be a tool to locate in the sky hundreds of satellites that can be seen with the naked eye, making a special follow-up to the International Space Station (ISS), the brightest satellite ever."

    With Satfinder Portable we will be able to:

    * To determine the current position of artificial satellites and if they can be seen by the observer.
    * To determine the current position of the stars, the sun and moon in the sky. We can use them for finding the satellites in the sky.
    * To determine the position of constellations.
    * To determine when will be the next times you will be able to see the International Space Station (ISS) in your hometown, drawing the path the ISS will follow in the sky.
    * To determine which satellites are visible in the next half an hour.
    * To determine the precise moment when the Sun and Moon raise and set.
    * To determine when the moon phases will happen: 1st quarter, full, 3rd quarter and new.
    * To determine the night starts and ends..
    * To have a world map with all satellites drawn at their current position, showing up for eache one if it is eclipsed or not by the Earth, and the path the ISS will follow during the next hour.
    * To listent to an voice assistant that notify us important events, letting us not to keep seeing the PSP screen all the time. These are this events:
    o The dusk and dawn, to know from when we can start looking for satellites and when not.
    o The emergence of a new satellite above 0, 30, 60 and 80 degrees of elevation when there is no one with higher elevation. It is useful for long waiting times in the absence of satellites, which we can look away from the screen and wait while we look at the sky.
    o The appearance and disappearance of the ISS, in addition to the time when it reaches its maximum elevation.
    o In each notification also is said in what direction we should look: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW and UP are the possible directions.
    o Sunrises and sunset. Moonrises and moonsets. There are two notifications, the first one few minutes before and the second one just when it will happen.
    * It has an installer for the PC that help us to easily install the application on our PSP, taking into account the type of firmware installed, searching the corresponding directory. It is called Satfinder Updater.
    * Change the SatFinder settings:
    o The possibility of changing the location of the observer using the installer (permanent change), or directly using the options menu in the PSP (temporary change).
    o Posibilidad de cambiar entre visión diurna y nocturna. Ability to switch between day and night vision.
    o Possibility of configuring the colors for night vision and for the daytime.
    o Possibility of enabling and disabling the elements to represent in the sky (Sun and Moon, stars, satellites, constellations).
    o Possibility of configuring the number of stars to be shown changing the magnitude limit.
    o Possibility of using automatic magnitude limit adjustments.

    [24-5-2008] SatFinder Portable 1.3 released
    -Luaplayer changed. Now is used HW6.5 WIFI EDITION

    -Corrected moon phases calculations.

    -More data in the info bar.

    -Changed aspect of info screen.

    -Auto update satellite tails system.

    -Faster application close.

    -Better calculation of moon ilumination percentage.

    -Stars are brighter when you zoom them.

    .TLE update mechanism using WIFI now available.

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    can you get a planet version of this, if so it would be very helpful

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    Woah very cool. I love having access to strategic information I wish I was cool enough to have a use for. I'll be using this in my next life... when I come back as Jack Bauer.

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    Does this app use a GPS? Would this be similar to Planetarium Creator Ohira Takayuki Kanshuu: Home Star Portable?

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