Astronomy related Software

[Borg Collective]

Besides Celestia, what other astronomy related/based software are you using individuals?

Our list includes:
1. Dorlink Kingsley - Encyclopedia of Space and Universe
2. The History of the Universe
3. Mars!
4. RedShift 4
5. Planetarium - Complete Guide to the Astronomy
6. Starry Night Deep Space Explorer
7. Starry Night Backyard
8. (...) - Some other small utilities, programs, etc.

We are currently in process of making our own small encyclopedia entitled
"Solar System - Our Place in the Universe". It is a freeware and small Encyclopedia (800 KB up to 2 MB) and if Chris accepts our proposal for a new Celestia Function, it could link up with Celestia but could be used separately.

[ElPelado]

i have a question: did you buy the 2 Starry Night? or are they demos or something lika that?

[jamarsa]

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8 ) Starfield simulation Screensaver...

[Borg Collective]

Those are fully working versions.

[Darkmiss]

Here is a very nice and very old little dos program
Called SkyGlobe v4.0 only about 350kb

http://www.bt.homepage.btinternet.co.uk/Files/SkyGlobe_v4.0.zip



And here is a link to some instructions
http://astrosoc.soc.ru.ac.za/archive/docs/skyglobe_course.html

[Borg Collective]

Here is a very nice and very old little dos program
Called SkyGlobe v4.0 only about 350kb

http://www.bt.homepage.btinternet.co.uk/Files/SkyGlobe_v4.0.zip



And here is a link to some instructions
http://astrosoc.soc.ru.ac.za/archive/docs/skyglobe_course.html

Seven of Nine: "Impressive... and highly productive."

[Borg Collective]

Individuals, which programs you use(d)?

[Sum0]

I use Starry Night whenever I'm using my telescope, although I also like Cartes du Ciel, a powerful freeware sky chart program. http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html

[ElPelado]

Sum0, what starry night do you use?

[Sum0]

Backyard...

[t00fri]

Individuals, which programs you use(d)?

I am surprised that XEphem,
http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/xephem.html

is absent in these long lists! XEphem is simply the most accurate and versatile 2d graphical Ephemerides program (before Celestia;-)). I is found in /any/ scientific institution that (even vaguely) has to do with astronomy...I have collaborated for ~ 11 years (!) with XEphems author, Elwood Downey, to bring it to perfection;-).

Meanwhile XEphem exists also for Windows and MacOS, originally it is a UNIX/Linux application. It is free for Linux. There is now also a neat Linux version for the Sharp Zaurus PDA, that is also coming with a LX200 telescope interface!

There is an excellent review of XEphem in Sky $ Telescope, February 2000, page 65.

Bye Fridger

[Bjorn Borg]

What is Borg anyway?!

[jamarsa]

There is now also a neat Linux version for the Sharp Zaurus PDA, that is also coming with a LX200 telescope interface!

Really?? Hey, I have a Zaurus!! Quickly going to grab it!!
What about a version of Celestia for Zaurus? (just a joke, I don't think I could fit a GeForce 4 into it)

[zebul]

i use winstars , stellarium (both windows and linux version), orbitron

[Darkmiss]

Skyglobe download has beed fixed

[MrBatman]

What is Borg anyway?!

Is that a serious question, or rhetorical?

[MrBatman]

I have Adastra Freestar on my system, but mostly besides Celestia I use Orbiter. I love exploring the solar system in my own starships.







"I have a theory that there are two kinds of boys. There are those that want to be astronomers and those that want to be astronauts." - Dr. Alan Grant, Jurassic Park III

[Evil Dr Ganymede]

Ooooh. I like those Orbiter pix . Though Orbiter's more of an accurate space flight sim than Celestia is, isn't it?

[ElPelado]

i have the orbiter, but i haven't those textures. where can i download them? specially the fire of the shutlle

[MrBatman]

True, Orbiter's more of a space flight sim than an astronomy tool, but like Dr. Grant said, some boys want to be astronauts.

El Pelado, I'm pretty sure if you download any of the Shuttle 2.0 add-ons from avsim.com, it will have them.