similiar to celestia but ...

[*ProteanThread*]

.... wasn't there an astronomy program / calculator that did star maps
for star gazers ?

*curious*

 

[John Corliss]

... wasn't there an astronomy program / calculator that did star maps
for star gazers ?

*curious*

Are you referring to Stellarium?

http://www.stellarium.org/

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[mike]

... wasn't there an astronomy program / calculator that did star maps
for star gazers ?

*curious*

There's a very good one :Cartes de Ciel, or the English version "Sky
charts"

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

It is a very good planetarium programme, quite small with the included
databases, but can have much bigger catalogues plugged in, which will also
do artificial satellites, iridium flares, comets etc with data (TLE)
downloadable from many sources.

It can also control your Meade and Celestron telescopes (I'm told)

mike

 

[*ProteanThread*]

both are good, thanks.

 

[john]

OT but I know you are always looking for portable software


Portable OpenOffice.org 2.0.2


http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/portableoo/portable_openoffice_2.0.2_en-us.zip?download


Portable GIMP v2.2.10 B1
English version - 11 MB
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/portablegimp/portable_gimp_2.2.10_beta1_en.zip?download

Multilingual version - 16.9 MB
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/portablegimp/portable_gimp_2.2.10_beta1_multilingual.zip?download


OTHER STUF:

* Development
o Portable NVU - Webpage editing made simple
* Internet
o FireFTP Extension (FTP client extension for Portable Firefox)
o Portable FileZilla (FTP client)
o Portable Firefox (Web browser)
o Portable Gaim (Instant messaging: AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber, etc)
o Portable NVU (Webpage editor)
o Portable Thunderbird (Email client)
o Sage Extension (RSS reader extension for Portable Firefox)
* Office
o Calendar Extension (Calendar/tasks extension for Portable Thunderbird and
Portable Firefox)
o Portable AbiWord (Word processor)
o Portable OpenOffice.org (Office Suite: Word processor, spreadsheet,
presentations)
o Portable Sunbird (Calendar and tasks)

New in this version:
* OpenOffice.org updated to 2.0.2
* Default settings for maximum compatibility
* UNO/Python Bridge removed to decrease install size


--
Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Arthur C. Clarke

 

[*ProteanThread*]

thx kenny