Astronomy software - whats your flavour?

[RAJAH235]

CDC, STD Aurora Monitor, Home Planet, Virtual Moon Atlas & Sky Map Pro v6, are all good programs. For a bit of fun, try Celestia.

Ken & all interested parties. This IMHO, is possibly the best Sky Atlas around. I'm not sure if it's still in print, ie; available, but you can check here, >
The Herald-Bobroff AstroAtlas
by David Harold and Peter Beroff
HB200 Publications, 1994
P.O. Box 254
Woden
A.C.T. 2606
Canberra, Australia
Laminated paper covers, 12x16 spiral bound
214 Charts and 250 pages, $89.95
ISBN: 0 646 20356 8
L.
If you cannot get it at home, you can try OS here, >
http://www.lymax.com/hbaa/
Price & postage might be a bit much, but it's worth a try. L.

[johnno]

Hi All,
I now only use the free version of Starry Night v4.5.I love the way it shows the night sky AS WE SEE IT,not some back to front upside down view that makes it hard for beginners to know what they are looking at.
Regards.John

[Mick (Michael)]

Cdc, RTGUI and VMA tried others but come back to Cdc it's simple and easy to use. Some other progs I'm using at the moment are Mars Previewer for obvious reasons and Orbitron to track and observe satellites.

[RAJAH235]

A Mars 'Perviewer', Mick? Whatcha lookin' at?? At least the link worked.. L.

[Mick (Michael)]

Lol oops.

[acropolite (Phil)]

I tried CDC, but found it a bit unfriendly, now using Starry Night. I must admit, I still like a good old paper chart.

[elusiver]

starry night pro.. it's awesome.. makes finding things alot more easy.. love it. it's probably the main reason i got the red screen thing for my lappy..

el