Naive Q

I've been enjoying Stary Nights Backyard, which I recall was about 50 USD.
But I know this might be out of your range.

I know Stary Night Enthusiast is the lastest version, and I've got it
currently loaded on my system, but I'm not as pleased with it as I was with
Backyard.

I'm using Pocket Universe in it's free demo mode on my Pocket PC, and I
think that I'll get the full version after the holidays. You might find
this at 'Stellarmetrics'.

Good luck,

Ed L.

"Ioannis" wrote in message
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I've been using a Mac for over 15 years and lately I've started fiddling
around with a Windows XP laptop, because I have to travel a bit and
money is short.

I am sure this is in the FAQ somewhere, but could someone post a link
with a couple of good Astronomy proggies (freeware/shareware)?

Nothing as fancy as computer control tracking. Just basic magnitude 8-9
star charts, COLORED stars (with types), planetary phases, running in
real time and as many side options as possible, such as twinkle sky,
night mode, and DSO lists (NGC AND M), at least down to magnitude 10-11,
for Windows XP.

Had I continued to use a Mac, I'd probably go with MPj Astro's OSX
upgrade, but unfortunately money prevents me from doing that.

I basically want to carry my laptop with me to the islands and use it as
a star-chart, but would appreciate any add-on goodies.

Thanks very much in advance.
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Eventually, _everything_ is understandable.

I am sure this is in the FAQ somewhere, but could someone post a link
with a couple of good Astronomy proggies (freeware/shareware)?


Try Cartes du Ciel, an amazing freeware program. Lots of database one can use
with CdC.

www.astrosurf.com/astropc

jon

Ioannis wrote:

I've been using a Mac for over 15 years and lately I've started fiddling
around with a Windows XP laptop, because I have to travel a bit and
money is short.

I am sure this is in the FAQ somewhere, but could someone post a link
with a couple of good Astronomy proggies (freeware/shareware)?

Nothing as fancy as computer control tracking. Just basic magnitude 8-9
star charts, COLORED stars (with types), planetary phases, running in
real time and as many side options as possible, such as twinkle sky,
night mode, and DSO lists (NGC AND M), at least down to magnitude 10-11,
for Windows XP.

Had I continued to use a Mac, I'd probably go with MPj Astro's OSX
upgrade, but unfortunately money prevents me from doing that.

I basically want to carry my laptop with me to the islands and use it as
a star-chart, but would appreciate any add-on goodies.

Thanks very much in advance.

http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/software.html
http://www.planetary.org/html/links/...-software.html

"Klaatu" wrote in message

http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/software.html
http://www.planetary.org/html/links/...-software.html


And this one:

http://astrotips.com/index.php

Ed

I've started fiddling
around with a Windows XP laptop, because I have to travel a bit and
money is short.

Hi:

Cartes du Ciel. In many ways the best of the planetariums at any price, and
it's FREE! Go get it, slugger...you won't be sorry! :-)

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

Oh, f you need assistance in getting it running and configured and
understanding what it can do, there's a Yahoo group devoted to it:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

Rod Mollise wrote:

I've started fiddling
around with a Windows XP laptop, because I have to travel a bit and
money is short.

Hi:

Cartes du Ciel. In many ways the best of the planetariums at any price, and
it's FREE! Go get it, slugger...you won't be sorry! :-)

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

Oh, f you need assistance in getting it running and configured and
understanding what it can do, there's a Yahoo group devoted to it:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion

Thanx to all. I will try Cartes du Ciel, since it has a Greek version as
well, as soon as I configure some sort of firewall on my laptop and can
connect to the net.

Happy observing!

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

--
Ioannis
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/
___________________________________________
Eventually, _everything_ is understandable.

"Hallo Northern Sky" or HNSKY is pretty nice, too. And I think it is quite a bit
faster than CdC as well as the smaller footprint it has.

-Al

Ioannis writes:

Rod Mollise wrote:

I've started fiddling
around with a Windows XP laptop, because I have to travel a bit and
money is short.

Hi:

Cartes du Ciel. In many ways the best of the planetariums at any price, and
it's FREE! Go get it, slugger...you won't be sorry! :-)

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

Oh, f you need assistance in getting it running and configured and
understanding what it can do, there's a Yahoo group devoted to it:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion

Thanx to all. I will try Cartes du Ciel, since it has a Greek version as
well, as soon as I configure some sort of firewall on my laptop and can
connect to the net.

Happy observing!

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

--
Ioannis
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/
___________________________________________
Eventually, _everything_ is understandable.

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