Occult Watcher 2.5
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When the user clicks on one of the events the details about this event are shown below along with the path graph. The details contain general information about the event and may or may not show the moon phase depending on is the moon above the horizon at the time of the occultation. On the details panel there are also three links which show an online map using Google Map, save the path as KML file for Google Earth or navigate to the prediction page for this event on the Steve Preston's site.
The moon is shown as seen from your site considering is it in the northern/southern or hemisphere.
When the events are listed chronologically it is possible that one event is included in more than one feeds. In this case when you click on "View details on the web" Occult Watcher will show you a menu so you can select the details from which feed you want to see. Also in this case there will be a "Feeds" label on the right and if you hover over it, it will show which feeds contain this event.
If you have registered an account then OccutWatcher will show you how many stations have been already announced for the selected event. Also if one of the values is below the threshold it will be displayed in red as in this case is the magnitude drop.
If you hover your mouse over the "Position" label OccultWatcher will display the distances of your current site from all limits (shadow, sigma 1 and sigma 3) as a tooltip.
You can select with the mouse the asteroid or star name from the details panel and then copy and paste it in your planetarium program or occultation report form.
The path graph shows the path with the 1, 2 and 3-sigma zones. If the user has chosen to see events for which his/her site is in the 10 x Shadow diameters from the center then the 10 x Shadow Path zone is shown as well in yellow.
In some cases if the 1-sigma error is too big it is possible that the 10 x Shadow Width zone is smaller than the 3-sigma zone.
In other cases for low probability events the shadow may be very small and will be displayed with a very thin line
If you have registered an account then any already announced sites will be shown as small gray bars in the upper part of the path.
If you hover your mouse over any of them you will see a tooltip showing details about the observer that has announced this site.
To use the GoogleMap display option you should be online. The GoogleMap is shown in its own independent frame and the user can use all the satellite/hybrid/zoom options.
