Ann: LunarPhase Pro V2.23 Released

LunarPhase Pro V2.23 has been released and contains two new additions:


* The Lunar Atlas screen now shows the Moon in the correct orientation
as seen in the sky (parallactic angle) - emulated views through
telescopes/eyepices will now more accurately show what you can expect
to see for real

* Terminator features alone can be labelled on the maps without the
clutter of other on-map labels.


The demonstration version has been updated to show the new V2.23
features. Some notes on it:
* Some screens have been partially disabled but some settings on those
screens can be changed so users can get an idea of how the screens
work.
* Some functions have been disabled (e.g. printing)
* The date in the demo is fixed at April 3, 2005 and cannot be
changed (but the time can).
* Screens that display ephemeris type information will only show data
between January and June 2005
* The resolution of the maps on the atlas (Lunar Explorer) screen are
low-res only and cannot be changed
* Only a representative sample of features from the database are
included, but these will let users try out the feature labelling and
feature identification functions
* A selection of eyepiece and telescope combinations are provided to
try out the emulation of the view of the Moon through those
combinations (new combinations cannot be addded)
* Aside from that, users can play around with the software to see what
it's capable of.
* The full manual is included in the download

The Demo version [8.5Mb] can be download from:
http://lunarphasepro.nightskyo=ADbse...o=AD_Setup.EXE


Various screenshots can be seen at http://www.lunarphasepro.com

Gary Nugent=20
http://www.lunarphasepro.com

My opinion: Forget it.

Virtual Moon Atlas, will do exactly the same, and it is freeware
http://astrosurf.com/avl/ (PC)

Or Amoon.lha, a Moon ATLAS that works on Amiga OS or WinUAE.

http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/amine.../sci/amoon.lha

Actually VMA won't do exactly the same! VMA's an atlas (and a very good
one). LunarPhase Pro's an observation planning tool - a different
animal that happens to feature an atlas.

Did you even take a look at the demo version
(http://www.lunarphasepro.com/DemoDownload.html) before passing
comment?

Rgds,

Gary Nugent