Deepsky Designed for observers at any level
DVD version includes 410,000 images of deep sky objects CD version includes 10,000 images of deep sky objects What’s Up Wizard shows you what's visible right now Observing Planner helps bring focus to your observing sessions Record your observations in the Logbook or Journal Database includes over 726,000 Galaxies, Nebula, and other objects Image Processing enhancement, conversion, viewing, & printing Interactive star charts
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DVD version includes 410,000 images of deep sky objects CD version includes 10,000 images of deep sky objects What’s Up Wizard shows you what's visible right now Observing Planner helps bring focus to your observing sessions Record your observations in the Logbook or Journal Database includes over 726,000 Galaxies, Nebula, and other objects Image Processing enhancement, conversion, viewing, & printing Interactive star charts
http://www.deepskysoftware.net/ - Details
PrintPunk
Automatically fit web pages to the printed page from Internet Explorer!
NexRemote
NexRemote provides full emulation of every aspect of the Celestron Computerized Hand Control including: * Alignment in any tracking mode * Database of objects * User objects * Hibernation * Connect to popular planetarium programs
SkyMap
SSkyMap Pro is equally suited for use by both the casual "star gazer" and the serious amateur or professional astronomer, although its feature list will appeal especially to the more "advanced" user.
Planetarium
Bring the universe to life on your own desktop! Planetarium Gold enables you to control the vast world of outer space all in the comfort of your own home. Finally see the heavens as they were meant to be seen with Planetarium. From any virtual location in the world, see the sky as it appears at any times of day, or even as it will appear in the future!
TheSky6
TheSky6™ Astronomy Software is used by more observatories, controls more automated telescopes and is used in more classrooms than any other astronomy software.
Distant Suns
Distant Suns is one of the premier desktop astronomy programs
AutomaDome™
AutomaDome™ with TheSky6™ Professional Edition automates the control of motorized 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 TheSky6 Professional Edition’s built-in telescope control, your dome automatically follows the telescope, without human intervention. The result is worry free telescope-in-dome operation.
ACP
Automate your observatory and put it on the web with ACP Observatory Control Software
StarStrider
StarStrider is a software planetarium, a virtual space-ship, an advanced 3-dimensional star chart, a solar system simulator, and more... It is both fun and educative, it is pure beauty and it is scientifically accurate at the same time. It is our hope that it will not only give you a glimpse at the wonders of the universe but also that it will inspire you with some of the awe that we feel for the universe. Enjoy!
Stellaris
Stellaris is a comprehensive astronomy suite that runs on Microsoft Windows. View a simulation of the night sky and the solar system - including NGC objects. Browse collections of impressive astronomical images. Observe Jupiter's and Saturn's moons revolving around their planets.
EarthDesk
The World on Your Desktop
NGCView
Plan, Plot, Chart and Log your observations using over 200,000 objects and 70 Million stars! 70 Million Stars -- That's more than triple the Hubble Guide Star Catalog * 200,000 + Deep Sky objects * All NGC, IC, Messier and PGC objects * All Planets and Moon displayed in real time * 38 Filters & 56 Sorting options *
MegaStar Night Sky Atlas
Updated databases, including * Hundreds of new corrections * 80,000 additional galaxies in the Mitchell Anonymous Catalog * Integration of the Tycho 2 stellar database * Improved support for USNO A2.0 stellar data * Option to display stars in color based on spectral class * Numerous user interface enhancements, including * Toolbars * Context menus * Customizable hot keys
WinStars 2
Here are the chief characteristics of the software: a database of 2,500,000 stars; a catalogue of 10,000 nebulae, galaxies and star clusters; a direction of observation which is easily controlled by a mouse and in real time; a precise representation of the observable sky from a point on the earth’s surface on a given date; a 3D interface to give more realism to celestial objects;
Starry Night®
Bring the Moon, the stars, the galaxy – the night sky panorama – to your computer desktop
Astro-Snap
Astro-Snap allows you to take astronomical pictures at low cost with a WEBCAM Simple image acquisition or real time frame integration (standard or loop frame integration). - Real time planetary video processing (at capture time) - Long exposure acquisition with the following cameras (modified following Steve Chambers' design) : Philips Vesta-SC, Toucam-SC, Quickcam Pro3000-SC. - Image resolution up to 800x600 - Focusing aid based on a star's apparent size (FWHM), along with sound indicator for remote tuning - Focusing aid on complex objects,along with a sound indicator for remote tuning - Image stabilization and automatic tracking of the object in the camera's field of view. - Automatic Dark or Flat-Field processing - Can let you make pseudo long exposures without tracking needed. - Automatic image selection based on each frame's quality (planetary imaging). - Manual or automatic saving of bitmaps. - Very fast and precise Polar aligning aid using two popular drift align methods : Bigourdan and King.
STAR Atlas:PRO
STAR Atlas:PRO™ is a spectacular Planetarium and Star Atlas INTUITIVE, SIMPLE, POWERFUL An intuitive and clutter free graphical interface has you up and going in minutes with a full-screen planetarium, precision deep sky charts, telescope control, observation planning and much more. PACKED WITH USEFUL FEATURES
Astro Planner
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, Astro-Physics GTO mounts, the Vixen SkySensor 2000 system , and several others. It also incorporates the Best Pair functionality for selecting optimum telescope alignment stars and tools for facilitating iterative
EasySky
Multiple Document Interface (MDI) - more than one window simultaneously Huge database - PPM with 340,000 stars included - GSC with 15 million stars supported - NGC, Messier with more than 13,000 objects All asteroids (converter for update included) Comets Freely definable horizon (mountains, houses, ...) Animation with all objects in real time or arbitrary steps Fixing of an arbitrary object in the screen center Animation of Jupiter's satellites Trails of planets, asteroids, and comets Printing of star charts 3D solar system view Different animation possibilities also in the solar system Location and time arbitrarily eligible Settings can be saved as documents and later be loaded again Many images of galaxies, planets - "slide show" Realistic display by the use of grey levels Colors freely adjustable (user dependent) Keyboard shortcuts for quicker handling Performance due to 32 bit (Windows 95,98,Me,NT,2000)
Perseus
Perseus is an astronomical simulation program for Windows. It's able to recreate the sky view as you would see it being in any time period and in any place, in Earth or Space. Perseus can represent a truly realistic sky, allowing animations too (both real-time and not). It's based on the most recent star databases, in order to give you access to an enormous amount of data, all easily manageable with a few clicks of your mouse.
Automatically fit web pages to the printed page from Internet Explorer!
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NexRemote
NexRemote provides full emulation of every aspect of the Celestron Computerized Hand Control including: * Alignment in any tracking mode * Database of objects * User objects * Hibernation * Connect to popular planetarium programs
(Clicks: 1; Comments: 0; Added: 07-06-2008)
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SkyMap
SSkyMap Pro is equally suited for use by both the casual "star gazer" and the serious amateur or professional astronomer, although its feature list will appeal especially to the more "advanced" user.
(Clicks: 2; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
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Planetarium
Bring the universe to life on your own desktop! Planetarium Gold enables you to control the vast world of outer space all in the comfort of your own home. Finally see the heavens as they were meant to be seen with Planetarium. From any virtual location in the world, see the sky as it appears at any times of day, or even as it will appear in the future!
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TheSky6
TheSky6™ Astronomy Software is used by more observatories, controls more automated telescopes and is used in more classrooms than any other astronomy software.
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Distant Suns
Distant Suns is one of the premier desktop astronomy programs
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AutomaDome™
AutomaDome™ with TheSky6™ Professional Edition automates the control of motorized 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 TheSky6 Professional Edition’s built-in telescope control, your dome automatically follows the telescope, without human intervention. The result is worry free telescope-in-dome operation.
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ACP
Automate your observatory and put it on the web with ACP Observatory Control Software
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StarStrider
StarStrider is a software planetarium, a virtual space-ship, an advanced 3-dimensional star chart, a solar system simulator, and more... It is both fun and educative, it is pure beauty and it is scientifically accurate at the same time. It is our hope that it will not only give you a glimpse at the wonders of the universe but also that it will inspire you with some of the awe that we feel for the universe. Enjoy!
(Clicks: 1; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
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Stellaris
Stellaris is a comprehensive astronomy suite that runs on Microsoft Windows. View a simulation of the night sky and the solar system - including NGC objects. Browse collections of impressive astronomical images. Observe Jupiter's and Saturn's moons revolving around their planets.
(Clicks: 2; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
http://www.stellaris-software.com/index.htm -
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EarthDesk
The World on Your Desktop
(Clicks: 1; Comments: 0; Added: 06-30-2008)
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NGCView
Plan, Plot, Chart and Log your observations using over 200,000 objects and 70 Million stars! 70 Million Stars -- That's more than triple the Hubble Guide Star Catalog * 200,000 + Deep Sky objects * All NGC, IC, Messier and PGC objects * All Planets and Moon displayed in real time * 38 Filters & 56 Sorting options *
(Clicks: 2; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
http://www.rainman-soft.com/ -
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MegaStar Night Sky Atlas
Updated databases, including * Hundreds of new corrections * 80,000 additional galaxies in the Mitchell Anonymous Catalog * Integration of the Tycho 2 stellar database * Improved support for USNO A2.0 stellar data * Option to display stars in color based on spectral class * Numerous user interface enhancements, including * Toolbars * Context menus * Customizable hot keys
(Clicks: 3; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
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WinStars 2
Here are the chief characteristics of the software: a database of 2,500,000 stars; a catalogue of 10,000 nebulae, galaxies and star clusters; a direction of observation which is easily controlled by a mouse and in real time; a precise representation of the observable sky from a point on the earth’s surface on a given date; a 3D interface to give more realism to celestial objects;
(Clicks: 1; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
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Starry Night®
Bring the Moon, the stars, the galaxy – the night sky panorama – to your computer desktop
(Clicks: 2; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
http://www.starrynightstore.com/ -
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Astro-Snap
Astro-Snap allows you to take astronomical pictures at low cost with a WEBCAM Simple image acquisition or real time frame integration (standard or loop frame integration). - Real time planetary video processing (at capture time) - Long exposure acquisition with the following cameras (modified following Steve Chambers' design) : Philips Vesta-SC, Toucam-SC, Quickcam Pro3000-SC. - Image resolution up to 800x600 - Focusing aid based on a star's apparent size (FWHM), along with sound indicator for remote tuning - Focusing aid on complex objects,along with a sound indicator for remote tuning - Image stabilization and automatic tracking of the object in the camera's field of view. - Automatic Dark or Flat-Field processing - Can let you make pseudo long exposures without tracking needed. - Automatic image selection based on each frame's quality (planetary imaging). - Manual or automatic saving of bitmaps. - Very fast and precise Polar aligning aid using two popular drift align methods : Bigourdan and King.
(Clicks: 8; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
http://www.astrosnap.com/ -
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STAR Atlas:PRO
STAR Atlas:PRO™ is a spectacular Planetarium and Star Atlas INTUITIVE, SIMPLE, POWERFUL An intuitive and clutter free graphical interface has you up and going in minutes with a full-screen planetarium, precision deep sky charts, telescope control, observation planning and much more. PACKED WITH USEFUL FEATURES
(Clicks: 3; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
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Astro Planner
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, Astro-Physics GTO mounts, the Vixen SkySensor 2000 system , and several others. It also incorporates the Best Pair functionality for selecting optimum telescope alignment stars and tools for facilitating iterative
(Clicks: 2; Comments: 0; Added: 07-01-2008)
http://www.ilangainc.com/astroplanner/ -
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EasySky
Multiple Document Interface (MDI) - more than one window simultaneously Huge database - PPM with 340,000 stars included - GSC with 15 million stars supported - NGC, Messier with more than 13,000 objects All asteroids (converter for update included) Comets Freely definable horizon (mountains, houses, ...) Animation with all objects in real time or arbitrary steps Fixing of an arbitrary object in the screen center Animation of Jupiter's satellites Trails of planets, asteroids, and comets Printing of star charts 3D solar system view Different animation possibilities also in the solar system Location and time arbitrarily eligible Settings can be saved as documents and later be loaded again Many images of galaxies, planets - "slide show" Realistic display by the use of grey levels Colors freely adjustable (user dependent) Keyboard shortcuts for quicker handling Performance due to 32 bit (Windows 95,98,Me,NT,2000)
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Perseus
Perseus is an astronomical simulation program for Windows. It's able to recreate the sky view as you would see it being in any time period and in any place, in Earth or Space. Perseus can represent a truly realistic sky, allowing animations too (both real-time and not). It's based on the most recent star databases, in order to give you access to an enormous amount of data, all easily manageable with a few clicks of your mouse.
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