Armillary Sphere

Armillary Sphere

By HKU TELI

Armillary is a handy astronomical application for measurement and recording specific occasions, areas and movement of the Sun and the stars, based mostly on a Ptolemaic mannequin. With this app, we are able to easily decide the time and place of dawn and sunset, the size of a day, the altitude of the solar at totally different instances of the 12 months and the position of celestial objects.

This three-dimensional Armillary app reconstructs the traditional armillary sphere with the assistance of recent expertise. The historic gadget, believed to be first invented around 200 B.C., had been in use for over 2,000 years in historical past.

FEATURES

This modern-day counterpart could be displayed in any scale and rotated by any angle.

You could make desired measurements by making relevant adjustment of the “Meridian”, “Equator”, “Horizon”, “Ecliptic” and “Altitude” on the app.

USER CONTROLS

Touch-screen rotation – Gently swipe or slide fingers for desired rotation of armillary sphere rings

Swipe-touch panel – Swipe fingers on the show panel for desired movement of armillary sphere rings

Pinch-to-zoom – Use index finger and the thumb in a pinch motion to enlarge or shrink the screen as desired.

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