Stellarium rocks!! www.stellarium.org it's free, open source and linx,
windoze and mac version are available

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Damian Burrin
UKRA 1159 Level 2 RSO
EARS 1115
http://www.ukrocketry.com
http://www.larf-rocketry.co.uk

LARF - Putting the amateur back in rocketry!!

"west" wrote in message
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What Astronomy program would you recommend that can be used, for instance,
to predict the time of rising of Venus in Hawaii exactly 2 years from now
or
the true ecliptic longitude and geocentric distance of the Sun at any
given
instance? I think in college Astronomy courses you would have to write
your
own program. In that case which program would you recommend? May have to
be
under Linux OS, from what I am reading. I know that 20 years ago most
computations were written in Basic (my speed). What are they using now?
All
comments are welcomed and thanks.

Cordially,
west