Method of providing celestial information and a mobile terminal having a function of providing the celestial information

摘要

A mobile terminal and a method of outputting celestial information using the terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a memory unit storing celestial information, an information acquiring unit acquiring terminal position information, terminal direction information including an azimuth and an altitude of the terminal, and time information, and an information processing unit searching the memory unit and outputting the celestial information corresponding to the position information, the direction information and the time information received from the information acquiring unit. It is possible to provide the celestial information of the sky located in a direction corresponding to the azimuth and the altitude of the terminal and to rapidly and conveniently find a celestial body a user wishes to observe.