A little help please. Any ideas

I took my son to cub scout camp this summer and one of the
workstations was on Astronomy. He really was interested in this and I
became interested also. One of the leaders had a laptop with a program
that showed all the planets and stars. You could see what phase a
planet was in or you could set it ahead and see what it will be like
later. I do not remember the name of the program though. I do know it
wasn't Starry Night Pro. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?
Can you name some other programs that are planet or star related.

Thanks for your time and input!!

Bill Stevenson Bill wrote in
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I took my son to cub scout camp this summer and one of the
workstations was on Astronomy. He really was interested in this and I
became interested also. One of the leaders had a laptop with a program
that showed all the planets and stars. You could see what phase a
planet was in or you could set it ahead and see what it will be like
later. I do not remember the name of the program though. I do know it
wasn't Starry Night Pro. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?
Can you name some other programs that are planet or star related.

Thanks for your time and input!!


I don't know what program it was but "Cartes Du Ceil" a freeware
planetarium program shows the phases of the inferior planets and the moon.
It also has heaps of star catalogues available:. You can get it from he

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc


Regards Llanzlan

Bill Stevenson Bill wrote in
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I took my son to cub scout camp this summer and one of the
workstations was on Astronomy. He really was interested in this and I
became interested also. One of the leaders had a laptop with a program
that showed all the planets and stars. You could see what phase a
planet was in or you could set it ahead and see what it will be like
later. I do not remember the name of the program though. I do know it
wasn't Starry Night Pro. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?
Can you name some other programs that are planet or star related.

Thanks for your time and input!!


I don't know what program it was but "Cartes Du Ceil" a freeware
planetarium program shows the phases of the inferior planets and the moon.
It also has heaps of star catalogues available:. You can get it from he

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc


Regards Llanzlan

here's another freebee one...

StarFinder Planetarium FREEware for Beginning Stargazers (Win95+)
http://www.geocities.com/FreeStarFinder/

I'm new to astronomy and have been enjoying this. there is also one out on the
net as a freebee for palm handhelds... WHich really rocks as I took my data pad
with me last viewing session.

here's another freebee one...

StarFinder Planetarium FREEware for Beginning Stargazers (Win95+)
http://www.geocities.com/FreeStarFinder/

I'm new to astronomy and have been enjoying this. there is also one out on the
net as a freebee for palm handhelds... WHich really rocks as I took my data pad
with me last viewing session.

Mabye Astronomy by the Compton's Learning. In my opinion, it's at the top of
the astronomy game, if not the best. I paid around $30 bucks for it, but got
every cent back for the rebate. After you use that program, you'll feel very
bad that you got your rebate back, because this program is worth it every
penny.

Also, since you took your son to a scout camp, it's quite possible that they
used a program called Star Gazer, which usually comes with books on
Astronomy, and we use it at university for beginner astronomy.

Mabye Astronomy by the Compton's Learning. In my opinion, it's at the top of
the astronomy game, if not the best. I paid around $30 bucks for it, but got
every cent back for the rebate. After you use that program, you'll feel very
bad that you got your rebate back, because this program is worth it every
penny.

Also, since you took your son to a scout camp, it's quite possible that they
used a program called Star Gazer, which usually comes with books on
Astronomy, and we use it at university for beginner astronomy.

You might also look at HNSky, another excellent, easy to use, freeware
planetarium.
http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm
jc


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You might also look at HNSky, another excellent, easy to use, freeware
planetarium.
http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm
jc


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