Astronomy: Software: Desktop Planetarium and Charting

Desktop planetarium and charting program. [commercial - Dos, Win3.1/95/NT]

Complete line of PC astronomy software, including Stella 2000 - talking astronomy suite with encyclopedic reference, logbook, orrery, and planetarium with telescope control. Free astronomy software gifts on offer here. [shareware,freeware,commercial - Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP]

resource for deep-sky observing. [commercial, demo available - Win3.1/95]

observer-oriented star mapping and telescope control software. [commercial, demo available - DOS]

planetarium program displaying the sky from anywhere on Earth, in the solar system, or in the Milky Way, and for any point in time in the future or past. It supports numerous telescope computer controllers. [commercial, demo available - Win3.1/95/NT, Mac]

a CD-ROM planetarium and star-charting program equally suited to both the casual stargazer and the serious amateur or professional astronomer, although its feature list will appeal especially to the more advanced user. [Commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT]

Observation planning, charting & logging software. [commercial - Win95/98/NT]

Interactive astronomy program for Unix systems with X Windows and Motif. [open source - Unix]

displays the stars, constellations, deep sky objects, Sun, Moon, and planets as visible from any location on Earth at any given time, with optional animation. [shareware - Win95/98/NT]

planetarium and telescope control program. [shareware - Win3.1/95/98/NT]

A comprehensive space and astronomy package, with satellite-tracking capabilities. [freeware - Win95/NT]

planetarium program showing you the sky on any date, from any place on earth. Has features to benefit a wide range of interest levels, from the beginning hobbyist to the seasoned professional. [commercial, Win98/NT, MacOS]

planetarium program generating accurate charts, with stars, planets, comets, and asteroids. Orrery views make it a useful teaching tool. [shareware - Win3.1/95/98/NT]

Celestial navigation software with star finder, vetor chart and GPS interface. [commercial, demo available. Windows]

displays stars, constellations, planets, galaxies, and star clusters, with animations and a screen saver. [Shareware - DOS/Win 3.x]

JupSat95 calculates and displays the positions of Jupiter's four Galilean moons. [Shareware Win9x/NT]

rudimentary display of the planets for any given date. [Java applet]

Astronomy suite comprising planetarium with scintillation and live tracking, realtime Sky Quiz, observing log and telescope optics, along with an HTML guide to the solar system. The software also integrates a dictionary of 1000 astronomical terms and a book-length primer containing topics like "What are the Stars?", "Choosing a Telescope", "Cosmology", "Dark Matter", "The History of Astronomy", and others. Uses Microsoft Agent speech technology to correctly pronounce over 300 star names. [Shareware - Win95/98/Me/XP/NT/2000]

basic planetarium, with 3 view styles. Includes stars, planets, comets, asteroids and objects from the NGC catalog. [Shareware - Win9x]

Planetarium with orrery, and animation. Commercial, demo available - Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.

planetarium program which includes the Tycho-2 and SAC 7.2 catalogues. Can access the GSC CD-ROMs. [Freeware - Win95]

basic planetarium designed to show the sky as seen from any place on Earth at any date. Accuracy has been sacrificed for the sake of "photorealism". Uses the HR catalog of 9000 stars. This reviewer encountered hardware incompatibility problems, despite the appropriate specs. [Freeware Win 95/98/2000 and Linux, + 3D Card with OpenGL support ]

Deep Sky Star Charting and Telescope Control System. [commercial - Win9x/NT/2000/XP]

Lunar Map Pro is astronomy software for amateur observers of the Moon. It has over 13000 features with full search data base of all the known craters including NASA Apollo landing sites.[commercial]

Free version of Lunar Occultation Workbench ( LOW ).