Search filters can be applied: minimum and maximum altitude, period of time per observation etc...
Version: 1.0.0.41 Filesize: 132.00 Kb
Added on: 23-Jan-2005 Downloads: 665 Rating: 9.6 (5 Votes)
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Category: Windows

  Virtual Moon Atlas  
Description: «This software can visualize the Moon aspect for every date and hour. It permits also to study lunar formations with unique database and pictures library compiled by Christian Legrand.

It's conceived to be easily usable "in the field" according to an observing session needs, but also to study "at home" the Moon and its relief. It's interfaced with "Sky Charts" freeware (above). This set is certainly now one of the most complete released.

It's possible to choose the language used by the software and database.

Files have been cut in several packages.

New features introduced in version 2 included :
- Introduction of "Moon complete globe" with Far Side;
- Simulation of a spatial flight orbiting the Moon;
- VMA is now separated in 3 modular versions;
-- AVL "Light”: 2D software for less performing hardware;
-- AVL "Basic”: Basic software presenting the "3D with librations" mode;
-- AVL "Expert”: Advanced software presenting the "3D complete globe" mode;
- New texture of complete globe realized with Clementine high resolution photos by professor Mark S. Robinson and his team of the "Northwestern University";
- More than 600 new Far Side craters and formations descriptions;
- Database corrections for some bad entries;
- New pictures library: "Moon Stars" 130 LOPAM pictures of the most famous lunar formations

News functions introduced with 2.1 included :
- Computerized goto mount support;
- Moon phase calendar.

Recently, version 3 brought:
- New Dual-Window interface;
- Colorful lunar globe;
- Applying scientific overlays to the virtual globe. This includes the results from the Clementine and Lunar Prospector probes (altimetry, colorimetry, gravitational anomaly, high and low energy neutron, iron, hydrogen, potassium, thorium repartition);
- New "Farside indiced craters" database (1667 entries); - New pictures libraries from the "Lunar Astronautical Charts" and"Lunar Maps" (800 pictures);
- The "Consolidated Lunar Atlas" has been completed (2300 pictures);
- The "Pro" version is now available on CD-rom that include the software, databases, textures, overlays, LOPAM, Apollo, Probes and LAC/LM pictures libraries.
Version: 3 Filesize: 14.31 MB
Added on: 01-Aug-2003 Downloads: 3502 Rating: 9.4 (20 Votes)
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Category: Windows

  Taiyoukei  
Description: "Taiyoukei" is software written in embedded Visual Basic 3.0 which provides abundant data about the Solar System, such as ephemerides, simulations and photo galleries.

A «must have».

Note: Installer for StrongARM, MIPS and SH3. Unzip and use ActiveSync to install with "setup.exe".
Version: 0.9 Filesize: 7.63 MB
Added on: 30-Aug-2003 Downloads: 1014 Rating: 9.2 (5 Votes)
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Category: Pocket PC

  Sky Charts  
Description: Who said you needed to buy an expensive Cd-rom to have a quality sky atlas ?

Sky Charts (a.k.a. Cartes du Ciel) computes and prints customized charts of the heavens. When you download the program ("basic package") it comes with the Bright Star Catalogue (featuring stars down to mag. 6.5) and a database of 10'000 nebulae from SAC 7.2. Optionally, you may choose to download the "complete package", including also Sky2000, version 3, with 300' 000 stars to magnitude 9, high precision planetary satellites positions and Realsky support.

Anyway, the point is for you to later get additional free catalogues from its homepage, according to your interests and specific needs. For instance, Tycho-2 with more than 3 millions stars, down to mag. 12.1; a catalogue of 68'179 variable stars from GCVS, NSV and EVS; a database of 193'898 galaxies from PGC1999 catalogue etc, etc...

Main features offered include:

• about 30 catalogues of stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies;
• ability of demanding portions of star catalogues online so as to plot charts until mag. 20;
• facility of self-updating online, from different sources, the comet and asteroid elements databases;
• option to request from SkyView - Digital Sky Survey, and similar sources, real sky images of the region drawn on the chart - with the ability of superimposing and easily editing, filtering and chromatically juggling them;
• DDE interface allowing the joint use with VAROBS - another freeware by Patrick Chevalley, consecrated to variable stars;
• interface for telescope control;
• additional support of Real Sky and USNO Cds etc, etc...

This is the Windows version. Add-ons, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Linux versions are also available.
Version: 1.3.2 Filesize: 10.95 MB
Added on: 01-Aug-2003 Downloads: 3614 Rating: 8.9 (25 Votes)
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Category: Windows

  Orbiter  
Description: «ORBITER is a realistic space simulation using proper physics for the modelling of planetary motion, gravitational fields, free space and atmospheric flight etc. As such, it is more challenging to master than an arcade game - you should at least have some basic idea about mechanics and planetary motion to get the most from it.

You can land your ship at a space port on a planet surface, or dock to an orbital station; High resolution planetary maps provide some nice visual effects; Configurable environment. Users can add planets, space ships and space stations to the existing universe, or design a completely new solar system from scratch.» The two minimum installation files will include the «Base» and «Textures» packages. Additional Earth, Moon, Mars etc... texture files and patches are also available.
Version: 050126 Filesize: 5.82 MB
Added on: 01-Aug-2003 Downloads: 1945 Rating: 8.9 (41 Votes)
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Category: Windows

  Planetarium for Palm  
Description: Planetarium is an application for the Palm Connected Organizer that plots star charts and offers some unique, useful features for the beginning star gazer as well as for the professional astronomer.

Features: Draws a sky map; Compass view for easy location of objects in the sky; Can be used as a compass when the sun or the moon are visible; Connects to telescopes via the serial port; Comes with a location data base of 600 major cities; Can be used as world clock; Observation log to take notes of your observations; Can be used in the northern and shouthern hemisphere; The whole date range of the Palm is supported (1904 to 2030); Accuracy: 0.1 degrees typical; Memory requirement: 144 KB min; Depends o­n the amount of installed options and data.

Calculations: RA/Dec, Az/Alt of any object; Julian date and sidereal time; Rise and set time of any object; Twilight times; Moon phases; Solstices; Jupiter's moons; Angular size of Saturn's rings; Phase and elongation of the planets; Distance and magnitude of planets; Angular size of the planets; Graphical representation of the phase of the moon and the inner planets; Magnetic declination; Meteor showers

Objects: All planets, sun and moon ; 1600 or 9000 stars (can be determined at installation) ; 88 constellations; Deep sky objects data base expandable; (Data sets available for 110 Messier objects and 110 Caldwell objects, 280 double stars, 400 Herschel objects and over 1000 additional deep sky objects); Comets and asteroids (data base expandable)

Compatibility: Runs o­n PalmOS 2.0 or higher; Uses grey shades o­n PalmOS 3.0 or higher; Uses colours o­n colour devices.
Version: 2.2.5 Filesize: 292.97 Kb
Added on: 11-Oct-2003 Downloads: 889 Rating: 8.6 (5 Votes)
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Category: Palm OS

  CNebulaX  
Description:

Freeware charting software oriented to deep sky astronomy, including 25 million stars (GSC1.2), 1.25 million deep sky objects, 2300 comets and 300,000 asteroids (all the additional databases are available in the link indicated above). The full instalation requires around 250 Mb HD space, depending on the additional databases selected. It can link image files to show them as one navigate in the maps. Multitabbed interface easy to use. Controls Meade LX200 classic telescopes. Includes some basic ephemerids calculation (more facilities currently under development) and prediction of visibility of stellar and nonstellar objects. It also includes annotations of the visual appearance of thousands of DSOs, and the user can introduce his/her own notes. It can overlay the maps on digital images to identify deep sky objects. It also includes a library with tables listing deep sky objects that can be used to jump to the maps clicking on them. From panoramic planetarium views to powerful maps exceeding 15 magnitude in stars and galaxies up to 18th magnitude. Comets and asteroids ephemeredes. Full VSOP87 theory for planets (accuracy ca. 0.05 arc seconds). Local updates (EXE file) 1.05.65 with fast DSOs picker downloadable from the complements webpage and paralax corrections for the situation of the observer on the Earth. Full setup files are now in MS Windows Installer 1.1

Note: a «LITE» freeware version is also available (v.1.3f2)
Version: 2 Filesize: 5.72 MB
Added on: 02-Sep-2003 Downloads: 1117 Rating: 8.3 (6 Votes)
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Category: Windows