In Compass view the information for celestial objects is given in azimuth (the horizontal angle between north and the direction of the object, counted eastwards) and altitude (the vertical angle between the horizon and the height of the object). Azimuth is measured in degrees, counted eastwards. Altitude is also measured in degrees, 0° is at the horizon, 90° is at the zenith. Negative values are below horizon.
These two values are shown graphically. The circle at the right of the display shows the azimuth of the objects on a compass scale. To use this dial, turn the Palm Organizer so that 'N' points to the north. (If you don't know where north is, try to turn the Palm so that the Sun or the Moon icon points to the Sun or to the Moon. During the night you could also try to find Polaris if you are in the northern hemisphere).
The semicircle on the left shows the altitude. Hold your Palm Organizer upright so that 'Z' points to the zenith. Objects below the horizon line 'H' are not visible at the specified time and location.
You use compass view to do the following:
Find a Planet or an object in the sky
Use your Palm as a compass. Here is how this is done.
Determine at a glance which planets or other objects of interest are above and below horizon
Follow the path of the sun during the day to find the best time for taking a photo
Displayed information
In the upper left and right corners you can see Altitude and Azimuth for the current object. Altitude is positive above horizon, negative below. Objects in the circles are drawn in grey if they are below the horizon (PalmOS 3.0 or higher only). Azimuth is counted eastwards, starting with 0° at North. If you prefer Azimuth to start with zero at South, you can select this in the Preferences screen. In the Magnetic Declination screen you can select if the azimuth numbers should be corrected for magnetic declination so that they correspond to bearings on a magnetic compass.
Inside the right circle there are the equatorial coordinates of the current object shown below the text "r.a. / dec.". In the other quarter, the constellation, magnitude and distance of the current object are shown.
At the bottom there are the location and the time shown on the left side and on the right side there is the Local Mean Sidereal Time (LMST) and the Julian Date
Selecting the current object
With the pull down list at the upper right you can choose the Sun, the Moon or a planet as the current object. The current object has lines drawn from the center and the various numbers are data for the current object. You can also tap on any symbol in the circles to make that object the current one.
To make a object not in the list the current object, tap on the find button . This leads you to the Select screen where you can select any planet, star, deep sky object, constellation, comet or asteroid.
The pull down list can be customized by selecting the item "Customize...". This brings you to the Selected Objects screen.
For each of the 12 entries you can:
Assign another object by tapping on the object name
Select if it should be shown in the circles by checking or unchecking the checkbox.
There are 12 entries you can freely assign. The 13th entry in the pull down list is always the last search made with the find button.
The controls
There are several pen-sensitive regions in Compass view:
The Now button uses the Palm's current time when activated.
In Compass view the information for celestial objects is given in azimuth (the horizontal angle between north and the direction of the object, counted eastwards) and altitude (the vertical angle between the horizon and the height of the object). Azimuth is measured in degrees, counted eastwards. Altitude is also measured in degrees, 0° is at the horizon, 90° is at the zenith. Negative values are below horizon.
These two values are shown graphically. The circle at the right of the display shows the azimuth of the objects on a compass scale. To use this dial, turn the Palm Organizer so that 'N' points to the north. (If you don't know where north is, try to turn the Palm so that the Sun or the Moon icon points to the Sun or to the Moon. During the night you could also try to find Polaris if you are in the northern hemisphere).
. This leads you to the Select screen where you can select any planet, star, deep sky object, constellation, comet or asteroid.
uses the Palm's current time when activated.
button brings you to 
shows detailed information about the current object.
shows a table of rise and set time of all the objects in the pull down list.