Desktop Planetarium and Charting
Links
Celestial Sphere: Online Virtual Planetarium
http://www.pcsapo.com/csphere/csphere.html
A sophisticated java applet showing 9000+ stars, planets, and messier objects.
Planisphere
Displays appropriate sky area on monitor for any date. [Freeware - Windows]
Starry Night
Planetarium program which lets you view the sky from anywhere in the universe. [Commercial - Windows/Macintosh]
Starmap
http://webpages.charter.net/thegl/starmap.html
Interactive night sky plotter. [freeware - Windows]
RedShift
http://www.redshift.de/us/_main/index.htm
Multimedia desktop planetarium on CD-ROM. [Commercial]
Distant Suns
Virtual planetarium and merchandise information. [commercial - Windows/Macintosh]
Desktop Universe
http://www.desktopuniverse.com
Photographic-based star atlas and planetarium. [commercial - Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP]
AstroViewer: Quick Orientation in the Night Sky
The AstroViewer planetarium applet shows a sky map for any time and any location on Earth. Individual printable sky maps (GIF, PDF) may be created.


