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Home Page: http://www.bebits.com/app/321/ Joe Kloss
Version Release Date: 30/08/99
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: starchartx86R4.zip Size: 540 KB
Details: 3D Starchart as the name implies is a 3D astronomy program, which runs on the BeOS. Unlike conventional starchart software, 3D Starchart lets the user step away from the sun frame-of-reference and view the universe in 3 dimensions.
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Home Page: http://www.moshier.net/aadoc.html Stephen L. Moshier
Version Release Date: 10/08/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: aa-56.zip Size: 404 KB
Details: AA.ARC Astronomical ephemeris calculator, C source. This program computes the orbital positions of planetary bodies and performs rigorous coordinate reductions to apparent geocentric and topocentric place (local altitude and azimuth). It also reduces star catalogue positions given in either the FK4 or FK5 system. Most of the algorithms employed are from The Astronomical Almanac (AA) published by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Source code listings in C language are supplied in the file aa.arc. The file aaexe.arc contains an IBM PC executable version.
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Home Page: http://aberrator.astronomy.net/ Cor Berrevoets
Version Release Date: 23/04/01
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: Aberratorupdate.zip Size: 580 KB
Details: The Aberrator is freeware that generates star-testing images to show the effects of aberrations (distortions) influencing the quality of a telescopes performance. Images of this kind are nicely documented in "Star testing Astronomical telescopes: a manual for optical evaluation and adjustment " by Harold Suiter. The Aberrator does not replace this well written book but can be used as a companion guide. I hope you enjoy the software and if you have any questions or suggestions please mail me at aylin.cor@wxs.nl. Cor Berrevoets
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Home Page: http://www.calcom.de/eng/product/allday.htm Calcom
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: Allday_e.zip / ALLDAY.SIT Size: 1.47 MB
Details: AllDay can compute any day of year for any year in the julian, gregorian, jewish and islamic calendar system. It displays an overview of a year with anything that is known from 'normal' calendars like number of day in year, week number or julian date
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Home Page: http://www.astrosoftware.net/ Aggiungi Astrosoftware
Version Release Date: 30/04/03
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: Alm30.exe Size: 2.9 MB
Details: It allows to create a complete astronomical almanac for a select place. It calculates positions of the Sun, of the Moon, of the planets and of the asteroids. It determines the instants of the more important celestial phenomenons and particularly of the eclipses of Sun and Moon for any places. Automatically draws charts of the apparent paths of asteroids and planets.
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Home Page: http://www.astrosurf.com/alphacentaure/ François Nguyen
Version Release Date: 27/12/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: acsetup_full.zip Size: 9 MB
Details: Planterium program in french (with english module). Web site mainly in french.
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Home Page: http://www.wvi.com/~rberry/imageprocessing/aip4win.htm Richard Berry and James Burnell
Version Release Date: 22/07/02
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: AIP for Windows is the full-featured image-processing software included on the CDROM in the back of The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing. The software authors, analyzed the way that amateur astronomers work with images, and created a software package designed to facilitate that workflow. As a result, AIP for Windows is a powerful program that is not only intuitive and easy to use, but also a program that is thoroughly tested and proven by thousands of users. AIP for Windows is a complete solution to just about any astronomical imaging project.
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Home Page: http://www.phasespace.com.au/ Phase Space Technology
Version Release Date: 23/02/01
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: ai2se.zip Size: 1.5 MB
Details: Would you like to use the same image processing software as Los Alamos National Laboratories, BEI Precision Systems and Space Division, Universtiy of Kentucky, University of Texas etc? You can with Astra Image 2.0. Now in use in four continents and many countries including USA, UK, Japan, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and France, Astra Image 2.0 is a powerful image processing solution
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Home Page: http://www.astrosurf.com/lrastro/ Lionel Reynaud
Version Release Date: 7/01/04
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: astro.zip Size: 1.2 MB
Details: ASTRO is a software under MS-DOS intended, above all, with the owners of instruments on mounting altazimutale, and eager to facilitate the search for various objects, while appreciating the "semi-automatic" pointing. (This program is in French, written in QuickBasic. If your command of the language is much better than mine, it looks like an interesting program.)
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Home Page: http://mainbyte.com/astrobyte/ Ron Reuter MainByte Software
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Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: AstroByte.zip Size: 7.74 MB
Details: AstroByte Logging Software is a database system designed to help you keep all of your viewing sessions documented. It also produces report logs, and reports to assist in the field. This software will be distributed as FreeWare. The AstroByte Logging System is an easy to use database to keep all your astronomical observations together in one package. It contains over 10,000 of the best pre-selected objects along with a form to enter new selections. It keeps track of objects, which you have observed, along with objects that you still need to observe to fill a catalog.
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Home Page: http://balder.prohosting.com/stouch/ASTROCAL.html Glenn Schneider sofTouch APpLications
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: Astrocal_202_68K.sea.hqx Size: 443 KB
Details: ASTROCAL produces yearly astronomical calendars, for any given year, and provides the following information in on a day-by-day basis: * Day of Month, * Day of Year, * Days Remaining in Year, * Julian Date, * Lunar Aspect Graphic (for 0h U.T.), * The lunar elongation angle (measured eastward from the sun), * The position angle of the bright limb (measured eastward from celestial North to the mid-point of the bright limb), * The percentage of the lunar surface illuminated by sunlight, * Right Ascension and Declination of the Sun (for 0h U.T.)
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Home Page: http://www.astrocalc.com/ Astrocalc International
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
Filename: astdlgb.exe Size: 1.0 MB
Details: AstroCalc calculates astronomical data for the Sun, Moon and planets and the various forms of time used in astronomy. By inputting date, time and geographical location the conditions of the heavenly bodies are calculated. The program is useful to plan observing sessions, to investigate past, present and future sky configurations and in general to provide easily accessible astronomical information. The program now is aimed towards astrological calculations.
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Home Page: http://www.dransom.com/astroclk.html "David H. Ransom, Jr"
Version Release Date: 1/06/01
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: ac0126.zip Size: 427 KB
Details: ASTROCLK is an astronomical clock and celestial tracking program with navigation features. It is a DOS-based program to display a variety of time and date formats such as local, UTC, Solar, Sidereal, and GPS time scales. Celestial tracking is provided to locate major stars and planets, to find the nearest Navigation (major) Star to specified coordinates, and a variety of related functions. Navigation functions are included to facilitate dead reckoning navigation (extensively tested on ships at sea around the world!) and to reduce star sights to high accuracy. A perpetual calendar runs from -4713BC into the future. The documentation is extensive and can serve as a tutorial on time, dates and related astronomical subjects. The program's internal database is updated annually with precision Delta-T and Delta-AT data from the Astronomical Almanac.
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Home Page: http://www.astrograv.co.uk
Version Release Date: 3/04/07
Shareware version: No - Commercial only (15 day demo available)
Filename (Mac): astrograv.dmg Size: 3.5 MB
Filename (Win): astrograv.zip Size: 25.9 MB (inc 22.8 MB Java Runtime Env)
Details: AstroGrav is an astronomy software program that allows you to simulate how astronomical objects move and interact under the force of gravity. It features superb interactive 3D graphics which allow you to move around within a many-body astronomical system, while watching how it evolves with the passage of time.
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Home Page: http://casazza.myvnc.com/astrohelper/ Mark Casazza
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Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: astrohelper.zip Size: 3.4 MB
Details: Astro Helper will tell you the angle of elevation above the horizon (altitude) and the direction in degrees from North (Azimuth) of the selected objects. It will simultaneously display the coordinates of 22 objects from a database of over 22,000 objects. With these coordinates you can point your Dobsonian mounted telescope or other Alt/Az mounted scope. If you have an equatorial mounted scope these values will not help you at all, sorry
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Home Page: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/astromania.htm Sheppard Software
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: AstroM.zip Size: 1.2 MB
Details: Astro-Mania is an educational game covering the Universe. It has eight levels and let's you choose what subject area you want to cover. Its great pictures and ease of use makes it not only educational but also fun. Great for any age.
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Home Page: http://www.astromb.com/ Michel Bonnardeau MBCAA
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: The AstroMB software package is a powerful, fast and reliable way to manage your astronomical images and catalogs. It is especially useful for comparing astronomical images taken at different wavelengths, or at different times, and to match them with astronomical catalogs. It runs on any PC with MS-Windows.
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Home Page: http://www.astrometrica.at/ Herbert Raab
Version Release Date: 3/01/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: astrmt32.zip Size: 391 KB
Details: Astrometrica is a tool for scientific grade astrometric and photometric data reduction of CCD images. It reads SBIG (ST-4, ST-4X, ST-5, ST-6, ST-7 and ST-8), Cookbook (CB 211 and CB 245), HiSys (HiSys 11, 22, 24, 33 and HiSys 44), FITS (8 bit, 16 bit and 32 bit Integer files) and TIFF (8 bit and 16 bit uncompressed grey scale) image files up to 2048 x 2048 pixels in size. The selection of reference stars is done with the CCD image displayed simultaneously with a star chart, usually based on the Guide Star Catalog (GSC), the USNO-SA2.0 or the ACT catalogue, oriented and scaled to match the CCD image. After the reference stars have been selected, the position and magnitude of any object on the CCD image can be measured with just a few keystrokes.
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Home Page: http://www.dutch.nl/rcott/astronom.htm Reinier C.Ott
Version Release Date: 1/03/03
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: astronen.exe Size: 1.3 MB
Details: ASTRONOM provides a host of data on the positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets seen from anywhere on Earth. Information, plotted on an altazimuth chart and accompanying tables, includes local sunrise and sunset times, solar disk size, Earth-Sun distance, Moon phases, equatorial coordinates, a planetary ephemeris, and an eclipse locator. The positions of the planets may be changed in steps of a second, minute, hour, day, week, and month, or follow the system clock.
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Home Page: http://acp2.dc3.com Robert B. Denny DC-3 Dreams
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: ACP is a software package for integrating observatory instruments into a unified system. The design goal is to hide all the details if acquiring images. Just tell ACP what you want, and it knows how to do it! It can handle complex LRGB astrophotography, asteroid searching and followup, photometry data acquisition, in short, all of your astronomical imaging needs. Pointing, guiding, focusing, filter changes, image stacking... the entire process is managed by ACP.
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Home Page: http://pages.infinit.net/trottier/astronomica.html Alexandre Trottier Easysoft Creations
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: astro20.hqx Size: 870 KB
Details: Mac/WinAstronomica is an easy-to-use, feature-packed sky map generator. It lets you see the stars, Moon and planets from any point on Earth, at any time. It also lets you see galaxies, nebulas, shooting stars (Mac version only), the Milky Way and much more! You can print out the maps and use them outside without additional equipment. Mac/WinAstronomica also lets you see the planets on their orbits at any date. Amateur astronomers will appreciate its speed and flexibility, while novices will learn from its intuitive, elegant interface and strong help features.
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Home Page: http://pages.infinit.net/trottier/astronomica.html Alexandre Trottier Easysoft Creations
Version Release Date: 21/10/99
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: winastro.zip Size: 398 KB
Details: Mac/WinAstronomica is an easy-to-use, feature-packed sky map generator. It lets you see the stars, Moon and planets from any point on Earth, at any time. It also lets you see galaxies, nebulas, shooting stars (Mac version only), the Milky Way and much more! You can print out the maps and use them outside without additional equipment. Mac/WinAstronomica also lets you see the planets on their orbits at any date. Amateur astronomers will appreciate its speed and flexibility, while novices will learn from its intuitive, elegant interface and strong help features.
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Home Page: http://www.astronomica.com/ Piotr Czerski
Version Release Date: 18/10/01
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: amica160.zip Size: 1.24 MB
Details: Astronomica is a planetarium program designed for Windows 95 that offers very realistic views of entire sky from any place on the Earth. The main goal of Astronomica is its intuitive and easy-to-use interface that lets quickly navigate within the map, search for celestial bodies and obtain extensive information about them. It is also capable of displaying photographic images, animating the Solar System objects and creating high quality star charts like those in the sky atlases.
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Home Page: http://jadi.chez.tiscali.fr/logiciels/logiciel_en.htm christophe demesy
Version Release Date: 4/09/01
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: aplc.zip Size: 2.2 MB
Details: L'Astronomy par les calculs 3 In french and english; An astronomy soft with many datas (Positions' of the planet, sun moon, star..., date of eclipses, of perigees and apogees..., with geocentric (or heliocentric) planetarium (30000 objects), databases...(Site in French program in French and English.)
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Home Page: http://www.spudcity.com/d12/D12_astro.htm
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: The Desktop Dozen Astronomy Calculator tool provides sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and lunar phase information for any location on Earth. It also displays the dates and times of upcoming season changes (Spring equinox, summer solstice, fall equinox, and winter solstice), as well as future lunar eclipses. Plus, you're not limited to viewing information for today only. You can easily change the date forward or back. Have you ever suspected that you were born under a full moon? Try the Astronomy Calculator and find out!
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Home Page: http://www.msmedia.com.au/SCIENCE/SOFTWARE/Astronomy_Physics/AstPh_SOFT.htm Medical and Science Media
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Study the stars - just like scientists do! Highly interactive, multimedia program examines the galaxies and the solar system, including our own earth and moon as planetary bodies. Your students will explore not only the stars and planets, but also comets, asteroids and meteors. They'll be fascinated by satellite images and telescopic photography as well as videos of stars, planets and other space objects.
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Home Page: http://home.inreach.com/jayrob/ Jay Robertson
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Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: astro.exe Size: 3 MB
Details: FREE, full screen slide show using 19 awesome astrophotos that I took myself. . . . A must have!
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Home Page: http://www.astronotes.com/ David Grimmer Ohio Star Software
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Details: AstroNotes is a tool for recording your observations and planning future observing sessions. It allows you to track your progress on common amateur observing programs (Messier, Herschel, etc). The goal of AstroNotes is to provide a great database application for amateur astronomers at a low price. If you are working towards your Messier or Herschel certificates, this tool will help you with your record keeping, planning and final report submission.
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Home Page: http://ilangainc.com/astroplanner/index.html "iLanga, Inc"
Version Release Date: 14/11/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: "AstroPlannerMacOXZ.sit, AstroPlannerWindows.exe" Size: "3.4, 2.0 MB"
Details: AstroPlanner is a software application for Macintosh and Windows computers that facilitates astronomical visual observation planning and logging as well as control of Meade telescopes that use the LX200, LX200GPS or Autostar controllers, Celestron NexStar scopes and Astro-Physics GTO mounts as well.
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Home Page: http://www.astrosnap.com/index.html
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: astrosnapprov20b.exe Size: 6 MB
Details: Astro-Snap allows you to take astronomical pictures at low cost with a WEBCAM
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Home Page: http://www.astrostack.com/ Robert J. Stekelenburg
Version Release Date: 1/12/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: as21_setup.exe Size: 724 KB
Details: AstroStack is a freeware program that takes a series of images (the "stack") and combines them into one. The resulting image will be more detailed and noisefree. It was written with astronomical purposes in mind, but is also being used in fields like microscopy and optometry. The first version of AstroStack has enthusiastic users. They have given a lot of useful suggestions for improvement.
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Home Page: http://www.coaa.co.uk/astrovideo.htm COAA
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: av332.exe Size: 1.4 MB
Details: AstroVideo uses any Windows-compatible video capture device to create an effect similar to long exposure photography, by automatically integrating a large number of video frames. Astrovideo captures and superimposes hundreds of video frames to acheive far greater sensitivity than is normally possible with a low-cost video camera
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Home Page: http://www.astroviewer.com/ Dirk Matussek
Version Release Date: 10/12/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: av2-8.zip Size: 339 KB
Details: AstroViewer is a Java applet, that helps you to find your way in the night sky quickly and easily. AstroViewer allows you to: display a sky map for any time and any location on Earth, find out the names and other information about the celestial bodies (stars, planets, etc.) on the display, find celestial bodies, find constellations, create a printable version of the sky chart in the PDF or GIF format, display a map of the solar system.
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Home Page: http://www.omegalab-atc.com/ Omega Lab
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: atc_eng_demo.exe Size: 5.0 MB
Details: Total control of the telescope. Objects aiming programmed in delayed mode. Composition and observation of objects lists. control possibility of CCD cameras with MaxIm DL CCD. Autocentering of an object framed in the telescope field. Automatic execution of CCD mosaic shots. Automatically checked parking of the telescope. Automatic starting from the parking position or a near star. Automatic scanning of the sky for object searching. Observations saving in a Data base. Connection with the Ricerca program for the automatic acquisition of images with the CCD. Auto Calibration of the acquired images. Calculation of the comets coordinates. Aim of the telescope with the SmartPointing System method through an reference image
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Home Page: http://www.mgroleau.ca/atlas/index.html Mario Groleau
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: This Canadian author has written an "Atlas of the Sky" for people whose french is a lot better than mine. :-)
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Home Page: http://www.planetaryvisions.com/3d_ass.htm Dorling Kindersley
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: A fascinating computer-based journey into our Solar System makes it possible to see, in vivid color and detail, views of the planets that have never been seen before. Journey through millions of miles of space; from the Sun with its family of 9 planets, to comets, asteroids, and other bodies. See Venus with its intense surface temperatures, Mercury and its craters, Neptune and its frozen moons - passing Pluto to the far reaches of the Solar System. Based on real data acquired from space missions, Atlas of the Solar System provides realistic imagery, remarkable detail, and an unrivaled opportunity for individual exploration and learning. Commercial software, no home page but may places that it can still be purchased.
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Home Page: http://software.audela.free.fr/12/garde-en.htm Aude Association
Version Release Date: 13/01/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: audela-1.2.exe Size: 8.7 MB
Details: AudeLA is free, open-source astronomical software intended for digital observations (CCD cameras, Webcams, etc.). Its interface is currently in French, English, Spanish and Italian. Its concept is entirely new, because whilst it features advanced image processing and acquisition functions like existing software, its originality lies in the fact that it is entirely reprogrammable using simple scripts. It has been written for both Windows and Linux platforms.
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Home Page: http://www.bisque.com/Products/AutomaDome/default.asp Software Bisque
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: AutomaDome is an application that integrates with TheSky Astronomy Software to control robotic domes to keep the dome's slit synchronized with the telescope's optic. AutomaDome computes the correct dome slit azimuth and elevation for any type of telescope, placed anywhere inside the dome. When used in conjunction with TheSky Astronomy Software's telescope control, your dome automatically follows the telescope, without human intervention.
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Home Page: http://www.meade.com/catalog/autostar/497_autostar.html Meade
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Autostar Computer Controller is used with the newly re-engineered ETX-90EC Astro Telescope and you're ready for an incredible array of LX200-type capabilities. Autostar is your palmtop guide to astronomy, replacing the standard-equipment Electronic Controller shipped with the ETX-90EC.
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Home Page: http://www.ilangainc.com/bestpair/ iLanga Inc
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Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: Best_Pair_II_Win.zip Size: 456 KB
Details: Best Pair II is a port of Jim Burrows' BestPair DOS program for Macintosh and Windows computers. It is designed to select the "best" pair of alignment stars for performing a 2-star alignment of a Meade LX200 telescope (or any Meade telescope that uses the AutoStar computer controller) in Alt-Azimuth mode. The application looks at the pointing errors involved with performing an alignment with each pair of Meade's choice of 33 stars (or 78 in the case of AutoStar), examining only those that will be visible at the place and time specified. The pair of stars chosen is that with the smallest error
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Home Page: http://www.alcyone.de/c88/english/programc88.html Alcyone Software
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: c88.exe Size: 11 MB
Details: C88 provides detailed informations about the celestial sphere objects, visible with naked eyes and for the use of an eyepiece of a modest amateur telescope to observe deep sky objects. Complex informations about the planets, sun and moon completes the functionallity of the program.
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Home Page: http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html Patrick Chevalley
Version Release Date: 27/10/02
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: cdcinst.exe Size: 13.7 MB
Details: This program enables you to draw sky charts, making use of the data in 16 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. Available in many European languages.
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Home Page: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Chris Laurel
Version Release Date: 29/12/03
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: celestia-win32-1.3.1.zip / celestia-1.3.1.tar.gz Size: 8 MB
Details: Celestia is an OpenGL-based 3D space simulation for Unix and Win32 that lets you travel through the solar system, to the stars, and even beyond the galaxy. Visit over 100,000 stars, 100 solar system bodies, and all known extrasolar planets. Changes in 1.0.10: An optional GTK+ based GUI is now available. Star rendering performance was greatly improved. Visual anomalies with planet rings were corrected. Mouse wheel support was added, as well as a frame rate counter. Some precision bugs were fixed. Font support was improved. Many bug fixes were made.
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Home Page: http://www.riti.com/prodserv_mars.htm RITI
Version Release Date: 4/11/03
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Everyone can explore the fascinating landscape of Mars from the comfort of their own home with Celestial Explorer: Mars. This powerful GIS mapping software features the latest NASA high-definition digital maps combined with the most up-to-date geology data. Extraordinary real-time and customizable 3D visualizations place you on the surface of the planet. The software contains the most complete Mars feature database available, and provides historical, descriptive, and factual data suitable for in-depth study. There is also an information resource center that keeps users informed about past, current, and planned future Mars space exploration.
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Home Page: http://ovidiu-v.tripod.com/maps90/maps90.html Ovidiu Vaduvescu & Lucian Curelaru
Version Release Date: 10/05/02
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
Filename: maps80.zip Size: 931 KB
Details: Celestial Maps 9.0 produces accurate maps of the sky in five types of projections. It has been written in Borland Delphi 4 for Windows on 32 bits. Beside the application's main form, other 38 forms set the various functions of the program, each of them being assisted by an embedded help system. Celestial Maps 9.0 runs 15 astronomical catalogues adding together about 22 millions entries up to magnitude 15, deep sky objects up to magnitude 17, and asteroids and comets as faint as the absolute maximum magnitude 20.
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Home Page: http://members.nova.org/~sol/chview/ Jo Grant & Ben Lin
Version Release Date: 8/08/00
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: chview.exe Size: 283 KB
Details: ChView is intended as a three-dimensional aid to: viewing some of the nearer stars of our galaxy; navigating the distances between them; accessing basic information (and updating what we know); and, hopefully, having some fun. Data files updated to Hipparcos distances currently provide nearly 8,500 stars and other celestial objects believed to lie within 150 light-years (ly) of Earth, in a 300-ly diameter sphere. It is our hope that we or others will eventually create related software that can be used to use a selected star (or multiple star system) and, based on available data and known astronomical relationships, create your own star system (of planets, moons, asteroids, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud/cometary halo, and even human colonies or space communities) to voyage between them.
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Home Page: http://www.stargazersoft.com/clearskies.html Ruedi Schmid
Version Release Date: 25/06/01
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: ClearSkiesE.sit Size: 400 KB
Details: Clear Skies! is a Macintosh shareware program that brings you the night sky on your desktop. It draws a picture of the sky and sets it as the desktop picture. You can choose the time and date and enter a location anywhere on earth and the sky is calculated accordingly. There's a lot of display options to set like show stars during daylight, show/hide constellations, coordinate grid, names of constellations, deep sky objects and more.
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Home Page: http://www.stella2000.com/choices.htm Swimming Elk
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: adastra.zip Size: 2.56 MB
Details: Approach the skies with this accessible and easy-to-use 32-bit planetarium. Adastra's varied and powerful functions are a significant subset of the acclaimed astronomy shareware package Stella 2000, offering highly realistic views of the night sky from any place on Earth or point in time. Adastra presents an intuitive toolbar-driven interface promoting flexible manipulation of its real-time sky display, with efficient center, zoom, unzoom, directional and panning functions.
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Home Page: http://www.stella2000.com/ Swimming Elk
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: stla2000.zip Size: 4.31 MB
Details: Complete astronomy suite exploring realistic skies in real time, with observing log, live ephemeris, telescope support, spoken guidance, pronunciation, a half-million word Encyclopedia Astronomica, and concentrated searches embracing planets, comets, DSOs, and 300,000 stars.
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Home Page: http://www.minorplanetobserver.com
Version Release Date: 7/10/03
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Connections is a scripting program that controls LX-200 compatible mounts (including AP) and three popular lines of CCD cameras: most SBIG, Apogee AP, and Finger Lakes Instrumentation (DM and MaxCam). With this program, one can set the scope and camera to work, automatically taking dozens of images a night while doing other things, including sleep. Canopus had its beginning as ASTMTRY in the mid 1990's. When it was converted to a 32-bit program, it's name changed as well its capabilities - dramatically. Canopus can perform not only nearly automatic astrometry but photometry for lightcurve work as well. Using the lightcurve wizard, one can measure images at a rate of hundreds an hour. It's not uncommon to start working with a night's run of 150 or more images and have them measured and a preliminary lightcurve determined in less than 20 minutes.
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Home Page: http://www.mm-soft.com/ Susan Metalis M&M Software
Version Release Date: 28/07/98
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: constell.zip Size: 55 KB
Details: Constellation Star Maps is a collection of twelve constellation star maps in Windows bitmap format. They represent the major constellations as they appear on the middle of each month from the middle of North America.
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Home Page: http://www.astronomica.com/ Piotr Czerski
Version Release Date: 11/03/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: coolsky.zip Size: 1.8 MB
Details: CoolSky is a new astronomy program built entirely in OpenGL technology. It allows to render celestial objects in the highest possible level of realism using techniques derived from high-end graphics and animation. CoolSky provides an excellent way to learn about astronomy. It can be used for serious astronomical study, or just to enjoy its amazing graphics.
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Home Page: http://www.cosmosaver.com/ Lunar Software
Version Release Date: 11/01/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: CosmoSaver1.3.dmg.sit Size: 2.7 MB
Details: CosmoSaver is a spectacular new screensaver for MacOS X that lets you tour an accurate representation of our solar system. Immerse yourself in our beautiful and fascinating solar system including all nine planets, the sun and 29 different moons.
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Home Page: http://www.cybersky.com/ Stephen Michael Schimpf
Version Release Date: 30/12/06
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: cybersky_trial.exe Size: 3.34 MB
Details: CyberSky is an accurate, yet easy-to-use planetarium program that provides an excellent way to learn about astronomy and explore the sky visible in the distant past, the present, and the far-off future. CyberSky can display and print attractive, highly-customizable maps of the sky as seen from your home, your favorite vacation spot, or any other location on the Earth. The program’s clean, user-friendly interface makes it easy to identify the objects you see in the sky and find the objects you want to see.
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Home Page: http://www.arcscience.com/dance.htm ARC
Version Release Date: 1/01/94
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Dance of the Planets is a Windows-compatable DOS program last updated in 1994 (v2.71). The program's character and power remains unique. Dance is not a MS-Windows application, and it is not a no-brainer-- the subject modeled is not simple. But if exploring and understanding the dynamic sky and solar system in an insightful way appeals to you, the program cannot be too highly recommended. Age is not an issue; we have ardent users from 10 to 80+. It is widely used in college-level astronomy courses. We want all of our users to be happy with Dance. It has an excellent manual dealing with the astronomy of Dance, and is fun to the point of exciting for many users. It can definitely be used as a serious observational tool with over 7500 solar system objects and a very rich and realistic starry sky (up to 380,000 stars). New discoveries can be added from our web page by users. There is a 30 day satisfaction guarantee, and you can talk to real people at ARC who are helpful and knowledgeable.
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Home Page: http://www.adpartnership.net/DarkAdapted/index.html Stephen E. Hutson
Version Release Date: 11/10/03
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: DA110W.zip Size: 1.1 MB
Details: DarkAdapted is a gamma control application program. It modifies your screen gamma settings so that you may, for example, preserve your dark adaptation while using your computer. (Previous versions called: NightVision)
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Home Page: http://www.deepsky2000.net/ Steven S Tuma
Version Release Date: 17/11/02
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Deepsky 2003's many features will enhance your observing preparation and will keep your notes, photos, and images organized. This version of Deepsky 2003 represents a quantum leap over previous versions. In fact, you can think of Deepsky 2003 as a new software product and not just an upgrade. Many new features have been added and many have been made easier to use. Deepsky 2003 was written with the observer in mind. Its simple yet powerful features will provide you with the information you require to make your observing sessions productive.
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Home Page: http://knightware.biz/dsp/ Phyllis K. Lang
Version Release Date: 16 May 2006
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Deep-Sky Planner 4 gives you the power to search through nearly 300,000 objects to observe while providing accurate positions, rise/set/transit and best times to observe at your location. You also get the convenience of logging visual and photographic observations and the power to search and manage your observations - all packaged in a standard Windows interface designed to get you up and running quickly. Whether you observe planets, carbon stars, doubles, variables or deep-sky objects, Deep-Sky Planner 4 helps you get more from your visual and photographic observing time.
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Home Page: http://www.davidchandler.com/dspace.htm David Chandler
Version Release Date: 16/07/98
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: dspac556.zip Size: 1.38 MB
Details: Deep Space (formerly Deep Space 3-D) is more than just another planetarium program. Deep Space is a full-featured observerving guide: a reliable introduction for beginners and a practical tool for advanced observers. Deep Space generates publication quality star maps, designed for clarity and low distortion. It serves as an almanac, an ephemeris, finder charts for planets, comets, and asteroids, a star atlas, an annotated deep sky reference, an observing log, a telescope controller and much more.
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Home Page: http://www.stella2000.com/desknite.htm Coeli
Version Release Date: 10/04/99
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: DeskNite.zip Size: 3.0 MB
Details: DeskNite is a free program that will display a dynamic, real-time view of the night sky as your desktop wallpaper. You can configure DeskNite to display views that you like. It displays more than 3,000 stars, nine planets, the sun, the moon, and Messier and NGC objects in point source and photoplate display styles, with stereographic, equal area, equidistant, and orthographic projection models. It also features flexible alt/az viewpoints, constellation lines and boundaries, and horizon and equatorial grids.
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Home Page: http://www.main-sequence.com/ Main Sequence Software
Version Release Date: 4/06/04
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Desktop Universe is the fusion of a full-color photographic star atlas with a powerful desktop planetarium program. See the entire Milky Way as an edge-on galaxy, then zoom in and pan around the emission nebulae, star clusters and dust lanes. Explore spectacular dark nebulae not plotted on any conventional star atlas. From the team that created MaxIm DL, the most sophisticated CCD imaging software available, comes a revolutionary new program designed for every stargazer - whether you're a serious astronomer, hobbyist, educator or just curious. Featuring an allsky mosaic of nearly 20,000 images from an Apogee AP9E CCD camera and a custom-built optical system, Desktop Universe truly is the real thing. Why settle for dots and dashes...
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Home Page: http://www.syz.com/DU/index.shtml Syzygy
Version Release Date: 19/11/01
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
Filename: DUDemo.sit Size: 15.8 MB
Details: The Digital Universe is a complete astronomy program for the amateur or professional observer. It combines the advantages of traditional "planetarium" programs with a massive hypertext multimedia encyclopedia to create an effective tool which assists the user in observing and learning about the heavens. Currently only a MacOS version is available, but a Windows version is on the way.
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Home Page: http://www.distantsuns.com/ Mike Smithwick
Version Release Date: 6/04/03
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
Filename: ds4se.zip Size: 4.4 MB
Details: Distant Suns is one of the premier desktop astronomy packages of all time. For both casual skywatchers to seasoned amateur astronomers, Distant Suns will take you from your home to the outer reaches of the Universe and back. Distant Suns is compatible with Windows 95,98, ME, NT and 2000, and Macintosh. With Distant Suns you may view the sky at the time of your birth, watch the sun set behind Saturn, land on Mars and follow newly discovered comets.
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Home Page: http://www.eaglequest.com/~bondono/dObjects/ Jeff Bondono
Version Release Date: 8/01/00
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: dObj_f30.exe Size: 3 MB
Details: dObjects is an astronomical database and observing log program which runs under Windows 95 and Windows NT. It includes a database of over 34,000 astronomical deep-sky objects. In addition to the standard observing information about the objects, dObjects' database includes references to popular astronomical magazines, books, and internet resources, information you have about objects within your computer, and the Internet. A Web Services feature lets you view the digitized Palomar Sky Survey easily, and communicates with other servers keeping you up-to-date on the most recent web references to objects. An extremely flexible means of object selection, sorting, and reporting make dObjects the ideal tool for planning observing sessions, logging your observations and finding information about the objects of interest to you.
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Home Page: http://www.dslrfocus.com/ Chris Venter
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: DSRL Focus, the original Canon DSLR Focus Assist software is now even better.If you have a Canon D60, Canon 10D, 1D,1DS or EOS300D Rebel and have been doing any astro work, then you will already know how tough it is to get precise focus. Your job just got a whole lot easier.
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Home Page: http://www.earthbrowser.com/ Lunar Software
Version Release Date: 3/01/04
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: earthbrowser2.0.dmg.sit & EarthBrowser17us.exe Size: 1.9 MB
Details: EarthBrowser's dynamic 3-D model of the Earth can be viewed from almost any angle. You can rotate the globe in any direction, get close-up views of geographic regions, or zoom out to view the entire Earth from space. The night-time shadow is mapped across the globe showing daily and seasonal changes. Clouds covering the earth are downloaded from satellite images on an hourly basis. Five day weather forecasts and current conditions are available in over 800 cities worldwide. Live webcam images, real-time earthquakes and volcanoes make this program a must have for anyone interested in our constantly changing planet. EarthBrowser can also be used as a beautiful screensaver.
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Home Page: http://www.nova-astro.com/ David J. Lane Nova Astronomics
Version Release Date: 3/11/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: ecudemo.exe Size: 1.2 MB
Details: The Earth Centered Universe (ECU) is a Planetarium and Telescope Control Program for Amateur Astronomers. It is capable of simulating many of the features visible in the Earth's night sky. You only need to enter your geographic location and the time; the local sky will then be simulated on the screen in a colourful display. This includes a database of over 15,000,000 stars (CDROM version), the planets, Sun, Moon, comets, 19,000+ asteroids, and 10,000+ deep sky objects. It prints high quality star charts using any Windows-compatible printer and also controls modern computerized telescopes. ECU is a tool for the observing amateur astronomer, but is equally useful to the "armchair" astronomer. ECU now comes in Pro and Lite versions.
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Home Page: http://www.elanware.com/ "Elanware, Inc."
Version Release Date: 12/03/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: inst401.exe Size: 3.3 MB
Details: EarthWatch displays in real time a striking dynamic map of the world showing day & night areas, sunrise & sunset times for any selectable world location, present time in any of the world time zones, date on either side of the International Date Line, Lat/Long of major cities (mouse selectable), position, age, & phase of the moon, position of sun on the analemma, and more. Three map styles (elevation, natural, & national).
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Home Page: http://www.eureka.ya.com/javastro/about.htm Javier Martinez
Version Release Date: 27/01/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: EG22inst.exe Size: 249 KB
Details: Encyclopedia Galactica is a freeware planetarium program that allows the creation of different types of sky maps in which practically any element is customizable. In addition to this basic functionality, it also provides a number of tools
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Home Page: http://virtualskysoft.de/asappsen.htm Astronomiesoftware Dings
Version Release Date: 13/12/02
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: ephtleva.zip Size: 2.99 MB
Details: Ephemeris Tool: one of the few professional ephemeris programs for the Windows surface. It is both a mighty astronomical data-center and a usefull spreadsheet. From Asteroid Database over Excel-Compatibility up to Variable Stars, from Jupitermoonevents up to Occultations you find everything you need for computing ephemerids for your observations. More than 100 free configurable ephemeris values can be computed easily, more than the biggest almanach could provide.
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Home Page: http://www.easysky.de/ Matthias Busch
Version Release Date: 4/01/01
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: esd30115.exe Size: 5.5 MB
Details: EasySky is an extensive astronomy program that the complete starlit skies with 380,000 stars or alternatively three-dimensional our solar system with planets, Asteroiden and comets zaubert at arbitrary times and/or from arbitrary places on the screen. With the animation function movements of the celestial objects or also the daily sky turn can be reconstructed optically responding. Also a map pressure is possible. The demo version contains of fewer objects, is however usable up to few restrictions fully. Over the Internet current information over small planets can be updated and merged directly into the program. Language: German
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Home Page: http://www.meade.com/catalog/catalog.pdf/index.html Meade
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Meade Epoch 2000 astronomical software has created a revolution in the way amateur astronomers prepare for their observing sessions at the telescope, as well as in the way CCD images are processed. For Epoch 2000 resolves two basic astronomical issues: (a) Epoch 2000sk sky software presents on the display of a personal computer an incredibly detailed simulation of the entire celestial sphere; (b) Epoch 2000ip image processing software permits professional-level analysis and processing of the digital images yielded by CCD imaging cameras.
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Home Page: http://www.sf-soft.com/etcount.html
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: etcount.zip Size: 33 KB
Details: E.T. Counter addresses to (hobby) astronomers, sci-fi fans and all other scientifically interested people. It calculates, among other things, the number of advanced civilizations that currently exist in our galaxy, based on your own specifications and assumptions. The algorithm is inspired by Isaac Asimov and the Green Bank formula.
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Home Page: http://www.msmedia.com.au/SCIENCE/SOFTWARE/Astronomy_Physics/AstPh_SOFT.htm Medical and Science Media
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Explore the Planets takes you on an illustrated tour of our Solar System. In addition to viewing the fascinating landscapes of the earth and other worlds, you'll study the processes that sculpt them: volcanism, impact cratering, faulting and folding, landslides, water processes, and work done by wind. You will study the planets the way planetary scientists do, by comparing, for example, why some volcanoes on Mars are so much larger that their counterparts on Earth. Discover why impact craters are so widespread. See the record of vast floods on Mars. Look closely at the swirling atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, and the surfaces of their icy satellites. In addition to viewing stunning photographs and animations, you'll perform interactive exercises, plot graphs, learn terms in the illustrated glossary, and answer review questions. Most exciting of all, you'll put your knowledge of the planets and their processes to the test as you pilot your own spaceship through the solar system to identify it's planetary bodies in a race against the clock
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Home Page: http://www.jgiesen.de/GeoAstro/GeoAstro.htm Juergen Giesen
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Yes
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Details: Run Java Applets for detailed solar and lunar data and observe the daily and annual path of the sun and moon for any location.
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Home Page: http://www.rightword.com.au/products/gravitorium/ Rightword Enterprises
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: GravitPro.zip Size: 2.8 MB
Details: A locally developed product designed to simulate the movement of stars, planets and other bodies under Newtonian gravitation. From the developer ''I wrote Gravitorium for fun, and to explore some ideas I had for science fiction stories: what would happen if a black hole passed through the solar system? What would it be like to live on a planet with two suns?'. With this fun tool you can get a rough idea of planetary and star movements however, over longer periods of time, the accuracy of the orbits will decline. Regardless, it is still an interesting tool for exploring various scenarios (you may want to think twice about living on a planet that orbits a binary star).
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Home Page: http://members.aol.com/graystel/index.htm GrayStel Software Ltd
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Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: GrayStel Star Atlas combines a conventional computer star atlas with all-sky, seamless photographic mapping. Imagine being surrounded by a single, huge image of the whole sky visible from anywhere on Earth, with your screen as a window to look in any direction you choose.
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Home Page: http://www.projectpluto.com/ Bill Gray Project Pluto
Version Release Date: 1/02/02
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: Project Pluto supplies astronomical software, both commercial and freeware, to amateur and professional astronomers. The foremost product is the Guide CD-ROM Star Chart, a powerful general-purpose charting/desktop planetarium tool. The main purpose of this program is star chart generation, and it is unsurpassed in this area; but it also provides immense amounts of data on the objects displayed, ephemerides, telescope control, and other useful features. It must be a problem for the author of Guide to decide when to issue a new version, the program is being continually update with new information immediately it becomes available. They are very responsive to requests from users. The home page also has interesting discussions on new data sets. There is no demo/evaluation version. The author operates an "if you don't like it return the CD-ROM for a full refund" policy. I understand that very few people have returned it -- it is already an excellent piece of software and is improving all the time, with frequent minor upgrades posted to the web page.
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Home Page: http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/halo/halosim.htm Les Cowley and Michael Schroeder
Version Release Date: 1/06/01
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: "halo3a.zip,halo3b.zip" Size: 2.6 MB
Details: Atmospheric halo displays range from the familiar circle around the sun or moon to rare and prized events when the whole sky is webbed by intricate arcs. Tiny ice crystals in the atmosphere create halos by refracting and reflecting light. Halos bestow a delicate beauty to the skies and tell us about the crystals inhabiting the clouds. Find out how halos are formed, when and where to find them in the skies. Create your own halo displays by downloading the new full colour version of the simulator program, HALO3.
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Home Page: http://balder.prohosting.com/stouch/HIPPARCHUS.html Glenn Schneider sofTouch APpLications
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: hipparchus_521a_PPC.sea.hqx Size:
Details: HIPPARCHUS is not just another generic "desk top planetarium" program, but a fully integrated software package for positional astronomy. HIPPARCHUS will run on any computer in the Macintosh family. We take great pride in the precision, adaptability, flexibility and ease of operation of HIPPARCHUS as an astronomical planning, observing, and research tool. Whether you need to prepare annotated astronomical finder charts , investigate a historical syzygal alignment of the planets, obtain instantaneous topocentric views of the sky, query the HIPPARCHUS stellar database (containing all 9096 stars in the Yale Bright Star catalog) according to target characteristics and produce formatted reports, or a myriad of other functions far to numerous to detail here, we believe HIPPARCHUS is for you.
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Home Page: http://hirame.hiram.edu/~worleyam/ Aaron Worley
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Shareware version: Yes
Filename: hh2000-0.7-1.i386.rpm Size: 4.6 MB
Details: Astronomy Simulation Software for Linux and UNIX Hitchhiker 2000 is an astronomical simulation and visualization program; a digital orrery. It originally started out as a graphics project from my college studies at Hiram College. I now work on it in my spare time. Let me know if you find it interesting, educational or even useful, I always like to hear from people who use my program.
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Home Page: http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm Han Kleijn
Version Release Date: 22/01/04
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: hnsky222.zip Size: 2.0 MB
Details: Hallo northern sky or HNSKY is a planetarium program for windows. Have a try. It is free with 10607 deepsky objects and all stars to magnitude 12 and with the original GSC CD's, GSC-ACT or the USNO to magnitude 15 or more. It displays all planets, the Moon, Sun, moons of Saturn and Jupiter, Mars, Uranus and Neptune and a few hunderd asteroids and comets.
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Home Page: http://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/ John Walker
Version Release Date: 19/08/02
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: "hp3full.zip, hp3lite.zip" Size: "7.2 MB,1.4MB"
Details: Home Planet is a Microsoft Windows application which calculates the position of the Earth, Sun, Moon, planets, asteroids, comets, and Earth satellites with high accuracy and provides the following capabilities: Map of the Earth, Sun/Moon information panel, Planetary position panel, Sky maps, Telescope display, Horizon view, Orrery, Satellite tracking panel, and a Cuckoo clock. The 16 bit (Release 2) is still available.
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Home Page: http://www.willbell.com/software/hypersky/hypersky.htm
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: hyperdem.exe Size: 2459 kB
Details: HyperSky is distributed on two (2) 3.5-inch 1.4 Meg diskettes, with online users manual. It is an astronomical data display engine for IBM-compatible personal computers running Windows 3.1 or 95. HyperSky gives the user full control over what objects are displayed with "hypertext-like" information about those displayed objects. The HyperSky package comes with a basic set of catalog data files for a variety of deep-sky objects (see below). Additional catalog data files are available on a CD-ROM, and allow you to further enhance and customize your HyperSky fields.
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Home Page: http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm Christian Buil
Version Release Date: 2/02/04
Shareware version: Freeware
Filename: iris.zip Size: 2.3 MB
Details: Iris is a software written for run under Windows95/98/NT/XP. It offers numerous and powerful functions of image processing in the field of the digital astronomical images. Iris is particularly optimized to exploit the images that come from CCD cameras. Iris can load and save images in the formats FITS, PIC (proprietary format), raw or BMP. Iris can read also the images of the Buil-Thouvenot Atlas, a CD-ROM which contains 4649 images of 6600 objects of the deep-sky. From the Command window you can execute numerous commands in on-line mode. The on-line mode of Iris is extremely practical, notably to make repetitives operations. When you will master it you will have a powerful productivity tool in hand.
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Home Page: http://www.jamesroe.com/astro/astrhome.htm James M. Roe
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: jimsd100.zip Size: 286 KB
Details: Astronomical Image Processing - JIMSAIP is a DOS program for processing the images of popular CCD cameras. It will run in a DOS window of Windows 3.1.
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Home Page: http://indigo.ie/~gnugent/JupSat95/ Gary Nugent
Version Release Date:
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: js_setup.exe Size: 750 KB
Details: This program calculates the positions of and displays side-on and plan views of Jupiter and its satellites (for three optical configurations), along with the Longitude of Jupiter's Central Meridian for both equatorial (System I) and non-equatorial (System II) zones. It also displays (and can print) monthly satellite tracks, Great Red Spot transit times and allows animation. Online documentation is included.
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Home Page: http://www.pk3.org/Astro/ Peter Katreniak
Version Release Date: 3/08/04
Shareware version: No - Commercial only
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Details: K3CCDTools is a Windows application dedicated for astro-imaging. It includes video-capturing, frame aligning and stacking / summing. It also provides simple image post-processing. However, K3CCDTools is not limited to astro-imaging domain, it offers to be used in various fields of video / image processing (digital photography, video pre-processing). (time limited demo available)
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Home Page: http://www.now21.com/kagayaki/ K.Tanifuji
Version Release Date: 24/03/03
Shareware version: Yes
Filename: Kaga4_t.zip Size: 8.1 MB
Details: The author wrties: The manual is converted by machine translation. Grammar can be wrong. Please forgive me. Kagayaki IV is planisphere, star atlas software. It was developed for beginner and professional astronomer. I omit an unnecessary function and pursue usefulness. There are not incomprehensible pull down menu and toolbar. It is effective in dark place that operation is simple. Please take advantage of it as an assistant of observation for a long time. I add only a really necessary function and will improve it in future
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