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Franklin wrote in news:968B31DB4206971F3M4@
204.153.244.156: I am looking for some advice on what astronomical is available for my needs. It needs to be free! I'm looking for a basic package to show the predicted path of the main celestial bodies (sun and moon and the biggest stars) throughout any day of the year. I also need to be able to read off azimuth and elevation for a given day so that I can then work out which hours of that day I'll be able to see the sun. Also useful are times of civil and astronomical twilight. http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/ Klazmon |
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SEEK: Astro freeware to show sun's path throughout the year
I am looking for some advice on what astronomical is available for my
needs. It needs to be free! I'm looking for a basic package to show the predicted path of the main celestial bodies (sun and moon and the biggest stars) throughout any day of the year. I also need to be able to read off azimuth and elevation for a given day so that I can then work out which hours of that day I'll be able to see the sun. Also useful are times of civil and astronomical twilight. |
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Llanzlan Klazmon wrote:
Franklin wrote in news:968B31DB4206971F3M4@ 204.153.244.156: I am looking for some advice on what astronomical is available for my needs. It needs to be free! I'm looking for a basic package to show the predicted path of the main celestial bodies (sun and moon and the biggest stars) throughout any day of the year. I also need to be able to read off azimuth and elevation for a given day so that I can then work out which hours of that day I'll be able to see the sun. Also useful are times of civil and astronomical twilight. http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/ Klazmon Freeware but tables only not pretty graphics http://www.aphayes.pwp.blueyonder.co...ris/index.html or for sun and moon only http://www.aphayes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sun_moon.html Peter H |
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"A. Peter Hayes" wrote in message . uk... Llanzlan Klazmon wrote: Franklin wrote in news:968B31DB4206971F3M4@ 204.153.244.156: snipped Have a look at Skyglobe 3.6: It's an excellent program which was issued as shareware. The software company seems to be defunct so I think it can be classified as abandonware. Although it's a DOS program it runs OK (without registration) on Windows. I have it on W95 and XP so I think it will run on most Windows systems. It's by far the best astronomical program I've seen. There are several download sites: http://astrosoc.soc.ru.ac.za/archive...be_course.html http://astrosoc.soc.ru.ac.za/archive/software/ (there are some other programs here) http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/40379.html http://www.sidewalkastronomy.com/skyglobe.html You might also find Sun Clock interesting: http://www.mapmaker.com/shadowfacts/index.htm These sites may also be useful: http://www.astrolog.org/astrolog.htm (Ephemerides for thousand of years are available) http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp http://www.ephemeris.com/ephemeris.php "Keep watching the skies" === Frank Bohan ¶ It's hard to be humble when you're perfect. |
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 01:16:53 +0100, "Frank Bohan"
wrote: "A. Peter Hayes" wrote in message .uk... Llanzlan Klazmon wrote: Franklin wrote in news:968B31DB4206971F3M4@ 204.153.244.156: snipped Have a look at Skyglobe 3.6: It's an excellent program which was issued as shareware. The software company seems to be defunct so I think it can be classified as abandonware. Although it's a DOS program it runs OK (without registration) on Windows. I have it on W95 and XP so I think it will run on most Windows systems. It's by far the best astronomical program I've seen. There are several download sites: Do you mean it's the best you have ever used period, or the best free program? I have Skyglobe. It was the second planetarium program I ever used. The first one was one that ran on my Commodore 64. Now I use TheSky6. It's not free (far from it), but in my book it ranks as the best planetarium software out there. -jato http://jatobservatory.org -JATO http://jatobservatory.org |
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Frank Bohan wrote:
Have a look at Skyglobe 3.6: snip http://astrosoc.soc.ru.ac.za/archive...be_course.html http://astrosoc.soc.ru.ac.za/archive/software/ (there are some other programs here) http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/40379.html http://www.sidewalkastronomy.com/skyglobe.html You might also find Sun Clock interesting: http://www.mapmaker.com/shadowfacts/index.htm These sites may also be useful: http://www.astrolog.org/astrolog.htm (Ephemerides for thousand of years are available) http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp http://www.ephemeris.com/ephemeris.php It may not be exactly what the OP's after, but I can't resist mentioning SunGraph, from Bob Urschel's excellent Analemma website: http://www.analemma.com/SunGraph/index.html -- Odysseus |
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News, last versions of StarCalc and Plugins for it can be found on
the StarCalc Home page mirrors: http://www.relex.ru/~zalex/main.htm http://m31.spb.ru/StarCalc/main.htm http://www.intercon.ru/~zalex/main.htm Best Regards, Daniel Mandic |
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wrote in message ... On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 01:16:53 +0100, "Frank Bohan" wrote: "A. Peter Hayes" wrote in message o.uk... Llanzlan Klazmon wrote: Franklin wrote in news:968B31DB4206971F3M4@ 204.153.244.156: snipped Have a look at Skyglobe 3.6: It's an excellent program which was issued as shareware. The software company seems to be defunct so I think it can be classified as abandonware. Although it's a DOS program it runs OK (without registration) on Windows. I have it on W95 and XP so I think it will run on most Windows systems. It's by far the best astronomical program I've seen. There are several download sites: Do you mean it's the best you have ever used period, or the best free program? Both === Frank Bohan ¶ Pangram: Freight to me sixty dozen quart jars and twelve black pans. |
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Franklin wrote in news:968C989781A8D71F3M4@
204.153.244.156: Skyglobe sure looks thorough Can you tell me if it provides a "horizon view" which shows me the sun's predicted path across the sky as seen by me when I look out of my window? It can Skyglobe's a lovely little prog - my first shareware, registered in 1992. If you get the horizon line horizontal across the middle of the circle;(up or down arrow), look to the South (left or right arrow), zoom in or out to suit (Z or shiftZ). Space bar (turbo) feeds continual keypresses, T is one minute advance (shift T is one minute back) use system time, or shift time (H 1 hour forward, shift H one hour back) to find dawn (sun crossing East horizon) Space then T will run time forward in minutes (you can adjust the speed of turbo with or ). Bea aware this time of year you can't do it in one view as the sun rises in the NE and sets in the NW, you will need to pan to get a full day. HTH mike |
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Franklin wrote:
Now why is it so hard for me to locate some freeware which shows a horizon view of what the sun's path will be on different days of the year? I would have thought it would be very useful for people like planners and architects to see if the sun will be blocked during the year by various buildings. You may also want to check out Sun Clock http://www.mapmaker.com/sunclock.htm -- Cheers, Sietse Fliege |
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