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Old 27-03-2005, 09:42 PM
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Cool little space program

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

I thought it was cool. Check it out. You can navigate around the galaxy and stuff.
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Old 27-03-2005, 10:12 PM
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Old 27-03-2005, 10:32 PM
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Sounds great but 49 minutes 20 seconds to download it. It will have to wait till our town has broadband. I have stuck it in favourites so I don't lose the address.

Thanks.
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Old 27-03-2005, 10:33 PM
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Yes it's very nice if you get it installed properly and you have a well supported 3D accelerated video card. There are extras to download like some very detailed (HUGE) maps for some of the planets, esp. ours; lots of small objects too (asteroids spacecraft/junk...). Flying around in the solar system is a lot of fun!
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Old 28-03-2005, 12:05 AM
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I've tried it before, with some success. It would occasionally crash my graphics card.
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Old 28-03-2005, 09:53 AM
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Not a bad little program, i sat back and let the demo take me for a tour around, quite entertaining.
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Old 28-03-2005, 09:59 AM
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I have posted this before but here it is again for any one wanting astronomicl programs .Some are free ware others share.

http://astrotips.com/Downloads+index...ad-cid-2.phtml

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Old 28-03-2005, 10:24 AM
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For someone like myself just getting into all of this, that web site
http://astrotips.com/Downloads+inde...oad-cid-2.phtml
is a great source of info for everyone in this hobby, thanks Mark.
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Old 28-03-2005, 10:29 AM
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Glad it is helpful for you.
I have download lots of things from it and some are very useful tools others are more of a gimmic but fun.

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Old 28-03-2005, 11:18 AM
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It`s a good starting point tho.
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Old 28-03-2005, 07:20 PM
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Great site thanks Mark !

I found just the thing I was looking for
DarkSkies1.14 gives me a graphical calendar for planning future dark sky observing
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Old 29-03-2005, 08:51 AM
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Bet it does not take in to consideration Melbournes weather patterns.
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