fantastic freeware addon for Cartes Du Ciel

[Starkler (Geoff)]

For those of you that use Cartes Du Ciel (freeware star chart program), there is a great freeware addon called rtgui . (It also works great on its own).

Rtgui allows you to sort objects by by just about any parameter you can name and list those objects . Then by clicking on an object, CDC opens up a chart for that object and can even drive a motorised goto scope right to it !

Sample output for Iceman last night:

Galaxies brighter than mag 10, greater than 30 degrees elevation at 11pm tonight.

M77
ngc55
ngc247
ngc253
ngc300
ngc1291
ngc1316
ngc7793

I only just found out about this the other day, and now CDC does everything I could ask it to, and all for $0 !

Cartes Du Ciel
RTGUI

Hope somebody finds this useful. I give it a rating of four bananas


Iceman , if you read this do you think we should have a separate section for software ?

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks for the link Starkler.

Sounds like it makes a good program great. Can't understand why planetary programs have this sort of search as a standard. AutostarII has it as part of its hand paddle menu but its not part of the Autostar planetarium prog for the comp. Go figure???

[MintSauce (Gordon)]

thanks dude; downloading now

G.

[Mick (Michael)]

That is a very cool, thanks Starkler.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

In fact its very useful and works great as a stand alone program, and that it plugs into CDC is just a bonus

[Dave47tuc (David)]

Many thanks Geoff,
I have been useing CDC for many years and the rtgui works well with it.
Also as you said rtgui seems great on its own


Best

[Starkler (Geoff)]

OT : How did last night go Dave ?

I would have loved to have come again but ive come down with a rotten head cold

[Dave47tuc (David)]

Sorry to hear your not well Geoff.
Summer colds are crap
To much high cloud on Saturday night.
Boy's viewed last night but i did not go. Back to work today!


Best.