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Resources currently sorted by:Date (Old downloads listed first) SkyGlobe | | Description: | Classical DOS planetarium.
Although not particularly accurate by current standards, it is still a splendid application since the way it uses the display and the simplicity of operation remain virtually unbeaten.
| | | Version: | 3.6 | | Filesize: | 361.33 Kb | | Added on: | 01-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 393 | | Category: | DOS | | Rate resource | Details | |
| Nuit | | Description: | Conceived under a philosophy of simplicity allied to efficiency. For when you face the question "how's the sky tonight? Let me take a look..." and choose to do a stress relieving casual observation.
This program will not let you down, neither will he run you mad trying to figure out how to plot a chart amidst piles of menus and options... as many may.
It was idealized to naked eye observation and it draws stars until mag 5, the brightest planets and the most popular Messier objects - a frugality inversely proportional to its speed.
Buttons are provided to give you quick access to the local horizon on all cardinal points, and ephemeris of the Sun, Moon and planets are also offered. Additionally you may choose to input new objects, such as comets. A summary table of daily events and a tool to find planetary conjunctions complete the set.
This is the DOS version. A newer Windows version is equally available. | | | Version: | 4.01 | | Filesize: | 166.02 Kb | | Added on: | 01-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 203 | | Category: | DOS | | Homepage | Rate resource | Details | |
MoonCalc  | | Description: | Everything you may ever want to know about the Moon: "position, age, phase, orientation, appearance and visibility for any given date, time and location on Earth. It also provides the Julian Day Number, Magnetic Declination, time and direction of moonrise and moonset, interval between sunset and moonset, interval between sunrise and moonrise, date/time of astronomical new moon (conjunction), full moon".
The program also produces several graphical animations, which can be printed out: showing the position of the Moon on a star chart and in a simulated local sky. A close-up of the near side of the Moon is also produced, as well as the drawing of world maps showing areas of the globe where the young Moon is likely to be seen.
Runs under DOS and or Windows. | | | Version: | 6.0 | | Filesize: | 605.47 Kb | | Added on: | 01-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 649 | | Rating: | 8.0 (2 Votes) | | Category: | DOS | | Homepage | Rate resource | Details | Comments (1) | |
| WinAstro | | Description: | Conversion among calendars and coordinate systems; planetary ephemeris; oppositions and elongations; physical ephemeris; natural satellites ephemeris; rise, transit and set times; ephemeris of comets and asteroids; lunar phases and eclipses; seasons; sidereal time and nutation; calculation of aberration parameters; equation of time; sundials design; equinoxes (orbital elements); calculation of refraction parameters; conversion among equatorial, horizontal, ecliptic and galactical coordinates and, finally, calculation of lunar occultations of the planets.
The interfaces are a bit primary, though.
This is the Dos version. There is also a Windows version. | | | Filesize: | 683.59 Kb | | Added on: | 01-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 283 | | Category: | DOS | | Homepage | Rate resource | Details | |
| Moonman | | Description: | Supposedly plots in real time the progression of the umbra over the lunar surface, but it does so with an extreme lack of precision. Still, it is very useful as a lunar map, to identify the craters.
Get this one only if you are running a very old PC with few resources.
| | | Version: | ? | | Filesize: | 50.00 Kb | | Added on: | 01-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 315 | | Rating: | 10.0 (1 Vote) | | Category: | DOS | | Rate resource | Details | Comments (1) | |
| Our Cosmohood | | Description: | Classical cosmology program - the first version dates back to 1992, the latest release is from 1999.
It offers a 3D model of the closest 2368 galaxies and an animation of a guided visit where, step by step, an explanation is provided on the organization and structure of the nearby universe
Runs under DOS and or Windows | | | Version: | 2.4 | | Filesize: | 0 bytes | | Added on: | 03-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 237 | | Rating: | 10.0 (1 Vote) | | Category: | DOS | | Rate resource | Details | |
 STS Orbit Plus | | Description: | Allows you to follow the position of the space shuttle and of an extended artificial satellites database across the globe and to calculate their visible passes over your location. Explore the several types of map projection and satellite tracking - press F1 for help while on a map.
For more details visit the homepage and do not forget to get the most recent update of the orbital elements file here (file tlexxx.zip, in which xxx is day of the year - for accurate predictions the secret is to update regularly); as well as the Level 3 Earth Map (allows increased zoom).
Since version 0012, it is now also possible to self-update the TLE file with a single key press by installing the additional STSUpdat program.
Download Program
Download Level 3 Earth Map
STSUpdat
| | | Version: | 0123 | | Filesize: | 1.66 MB | | Added on: | 03-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 268 | | Category: | DOS | | Rate resource | Details | |
| Newt | | Description: | Assists the design of Newtonian telescopes.
Allows one to quickly test several parameters and displays the effect graphically on a telescope's model. Ideal also for those willing to understand the functioning of a reflector scope of the Newtonian type.
Simple, attractive and small.
Runs under DOS and or Windows. | | | Version: | 2.5 | | Filesize: | 225.00 Kb | | Added on: | 03-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 271 | | Category: | DOS | | Homepage | Rate resource | Details | |
| GrandTour | | Description: | GRANDTOUR can simulate space as
seen from the Voyager and Giotto spacecraft. In addition, GRANDTOUR can
generate scenes from arbitrary points in space or the Earth, with the
spacecraft visible to the observer. The planet, moons, and rings of
interest (or comet, nucleus, and tail), stars, the sun, and the
spacecraft are all accurately drawn with wireframe representations.
Hidden line removal is done for the body surfaces. The motions of the
bodies themselves are highly accurate, with errors no greater than 500
kilometers. The user has considerable control over the time step, field of
view, etc., and many frames per second are typically generated.
The program was originally developed at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory by John D. Callahan to assist in the analysis of science and optical navigation
data. In addition, the program was filmed by the BBC as part of a NOVA
documentary on the Voyager Uranus encounter, and by the Four Point
Entertainment Company for a commercially available video on Halley's
Comet. Program conveniently runs from any Windows/DOS.
| | | Version: | 4.1 | | Filesize: | 333.01 Kb | | Added on: | 07-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 277 | | Category: | DOS | | Homepage | Rate resource | Details | |
| Interactive Computer Ephemeris | | Description: | «The program covers nearly all that is given in the yearly "Astronomical Almanac" published by USNO. Positions of planets; rotational and illum- ination data; sun/moon/planet rise, transit, and set times. It does not include the satellite (moon) data for other planets; the latter IS included in the book. The output is a simple numerical tabulation, no graphics. Accuracy is equivalent to the book, that is, world-class accuracy. Output may be directed to a file for later use.
A more recent program called MICA (Multi-year Interactive Computer Alamanac) is intended to replace ICE. MICA also runs on the Macintosh. However, MICA is good for only 1990 - 2000, whereas ICE covers 1801 to 2049. And, unlike ICE, MICA is not free.
ICE is no longer supported by USNO. »
| | | Version: | 0.51 | | Filesize: | 1000.00 Kb | | Added on: | 07-Aug-2003 | | Downloads: | 529 | | Rating: | 10.0 (2 Votes) | | Category: | DOS | | Homepage | Rate resource | Details | |
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