Astronomy Software
- Draw Sky Charts
According to the data of 15 catalogs of stars and nebulae, as well as plot
the positions of planets, asteroids and cometstes du Ciel
- Earth Screen
Saver
For 32-bit systems such as Windows 95 and NT only) that shows
the Earth with the correct illumination based on the date and time. You
can view the Earth from the Sun (day side), Moon, night side, or at a
given altitude above any location specified by latitude and longitude.
- Shadows
1.5.3
Horizontal dial. Vertical Direct South dial. Vertical Direct
East dial. Vertical Direct West dial. Vertical Direct North dial. Vertical
Declining dial (+/- 180°). Equatorial dial (2 sides). Meridian dial,
declining or not. Declining and inclining dial. The user chooses the
drawing options: hour lines (every five, fifteen, thirty minutes or every
hour), declination lines (for every Zodiac sign, for the solstices or the
equinoxes), hours displayed in roman or arab numbers on 12 or 24 hours,
drawing of the curve in 8 of the equation of time, at noon or at every
hour line. The sundial can provide the local solar time, the mean local
time or even the legal time.
- Sky
Charts
Enables you to draw sky charts, making use of the data in 15
catalogs of stars and nebulae. In addition the position of planets,
asteroids and comets are shown. The purpose of this program is to prepare
different sky maps for a particular observation. A large number of
parameters help you to choose specifically or automatically which catalogs
to use, the colour and the dimension of stars and nebulae, the
representation of planets, the display of labels and coordinate grids, the
superposition of pictures, the condition of visibility and more. All these
features make this celestial atlas more complete than a conventional
planetarium
- The Earth Centered
Universe
The Earth Centered Universe now supports the Meade
Magellan I and II telescope interfaces. This feature is not included with
the shipping version of ECU. To add this feature, install your registered
version 3.0, then download and install the current shareware version
(below). See the manual (section 6.3) for usage instructions (substitute
Meade Magellan I or II in place of Sky Commander, and make
sure your Magellan is aligned and the serial interface enabled before
trying to connect!). This version also provides greater precision when
reporting the positions of Hubble Guide Stars
- Sky Screen
Saver
that shows the sky as it presently appears including stars
from the more than 9000 star Yale Bright Star Catalogue, the Sun, Moon
(with the correct phase), and planets, deep sky objects drawn from a
database of more than 500 prominent objects including all Messier objects,
constellation names, boundaries, and outlines, and ecliptic and equatorial
co-ordinates. All of these items can be individually selected to customise
the display.
- Millennium Screen
Saver
counts down the days remaining until the Big Round
Number--perfect for Millennium fans and programmers engaged
in the struggle against the forces of idiocy to avert apocalyptic events
when the date rolls over to "1/1/00". Both a ready-to-install 32-bit
screen saver for Windows 95 and NT and source code are available.
- Home
Planet Release 3
Home Planet is a Microsoft Windows 3.1, 95, and NT
application which puts a somewhat different spin on the usual astronomical
or planetarium program. Home Planet places the Earth in its place in the
universe, allowing one to look up toward the stars or down upon the Earth
from a variety of perspectives.
- Craters Screen
Saver
Simulates cratering of initially flat terrain, obeying the
same power-law relating crater size to number observed on airless solar
system bodies. Ready-to-use screen savers for both Windows 3.x and Windows
95 and complete source code are available for downloading.
- Coeli
- Stella 2000
- Planet Guide 1.5
- Grey Olltwit's
"Our Solar System"
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