Formats Help

The settings in this section let you control how SkySafari displays dates, times, and celestial coordinates throughout the program.

Time

• 12 hour - displays the time with an AM or PM.
• 24 hour - displays the time in "military" format.
• HH:MM - displays the time to the nearest minute.
• HH:MM:SS - displays the time to the nearest second.

Date

• Mmm DD, YYYY - month abbreviation and day, separated by a comma from the year.
• YYYY, Mmm DD - year, separated by a comma from the month abbreviation and day.
• MM/DD/YYYY - month, day, and year separated by slashes.
• DD/MM/YYYY - day, month, and year separated by slashes.

Geographic Longitude, Latitude

• DDD MM SS.S - to the nearest tenth of a second.
• DDD MM - to the nearest minute.
• DDD.DDDDDD - decimal degrees to the nearest millionth.

Right Ascension, Declination

• HH MM SS.SS, DD MM SS.S - RA to the nearest hundredth of a second, Dec to the nearest tenth of an arcsecond.
• HH MM SS.S, DD MM - RA to the nearest tenth of a minute, Dec to the nearest arcminute.
• HH.HHHHHH, DD.DDDDDD - decimal hours/degrees to the nearest millionth.

Ecliptic / Galactic Coordinates

Same format options as above. Ecliptic coordinates are only available in SkySafari Plus and Pro. Galactic coordinates are only available in SkySafari Pro.