NIGHTCAL – New Version 0.7.2 available to download.

[NightCal]

The new (southern hemisphere friendly) version of NightCal Astronomical Observing Software (version 0.7.2) has been released today (6<SUP>th</SUP> January 2006). YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FREE NOW FROM www.nightcal.co.uk. NightCal is a simple, practical tool for basic observation session planning. It produces a single A4 sheet monthly calendar telling the user when it gets dark, when the Moon rises and sets and what the Moon should look like when it does make an appearance. It also provides data on the elongation of the inferior planets and a quick aide mémoire for planetary conjunctions. The output is designed to be printed so that you can stick it on your notice board at home or at work or saved as a graphics file for inclusion in newsletters or publishing on the web. We hope you find it useful.

This new version (0.7.2) contains many improvements including:

- Full installation program.

- Ability to view help files from within NightCal.

- New special greyscale calendar printing option optimised for viewing printed output in red light.

- Southern hemisphere users can now have the Moon graphic rotated.

- Implementation of options window to allow you to control the display of calendar information and to alter some default values, including:

- Option to input/display latitude and longitude in decimals.

- Option to start calendar on any day of the week.

- Option for which form of evening twilight to display (Civil, Nautical or Astronomical)

- Half hour increments introduced for time zones.

Plus numerous other enhancements, tweaks and minor bug fixes. Please note that the minimum operating system specification has been raised from Windows ‘95 to Windows ‘98.

If you like NightCal software, please feel free to rate it and post comments about NightCal at http://www.astrotips.com/Downloads-index-req-viewdownloaddetails-lid-673-ttitle-NightCal.phtml.

Robert and Michael Morris

[Wombat_In_Space (Darren)]

Well I have downloaded this software and found it easy to use and it produces good simple calander for the month showing all the phase of the moon.

[RAJAH235]

Nice, simple program. Easy to set-up & use. L.

[NightCal]

A new updated version of NightCal Astronomical Observing Calendar Software (version 0.7.2a) is now availble for FREE download at www.nightcal.co.uk . This new version includes an interactive help file.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

thanks NightCal

[rmcpb (Rob)]

Well worth the download

[rochler]

Many thanx Robert & Michael, for producing a very useful & simple tool to make our planning easier.

It's people like you guys who keep the net real - many of us can't afford US$50 for every piece of software they would like to use, so it's *VERY* helpful when kind-hearted folks put their time & considerable effort into producing these free tools. Well done & thanks again!