astronomy

Experience accessible astronomy with a real-time sky, comprehensive reports, arcsecond accuracy, and exciting events such as animation and live tracking. Easy mouse-manipulation of the sky brings planets, comets, asteroids, DSOs, and a multitude of stars to your fingertips in real-time.
And let TimeLine graphically show the effects of precession down through the millennia...

Watch Nasa TV including live space shuttle launches and space walks plus all the Sky at Night programs from December 2001 up to the current episode over the internet plus view live solar images and get ISS (international space station) and satellite pass predictions for your location.

Observe STUNNING ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS through the infrared eyes of the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. This space screensaver is jam-packed with over forty MESMERIZING PICTURES of star clusters, spiral galaxies, planetary nebulae, radiant supernovae, flying comets, star forming regions, magellanic clouds and more. Let your imagination soar as you uncover the mysteries of the universe! Use any screen saver image AS YOUR DESKTOP BACKGROUND too.

Launch yourself into orbit and discover the WONDERS OF SPACE through the eyes of the world-famous Hubble Space Telescope. This screensaver includes over forty INCREDIBLY DETAILED IMAGES of spinning galaxies, colorful nebulae, distant supernova remnants, solar system planets, and other amazing celestial bodies. Take your mind to the heavens every time your computer is left idle! Use any screen saver image AS YOUR DESKTOP BACKGROUND too.

See 2500 stars, all 88 constellations, planets and the moonphase from 4713 BC to 9999 AD from any location on earth. Click star on screen for detailed information. Geocentric and heliocentric views also available. Define your own five locations for quick switch. Print todays night sky ! Tiny program, but great planetarium, especially for teachers and students. Nice visuals, smooth animation, simple controls, good planet data too.

Integrated astronomy software suite exploring realistic skies in real time, with observing log, Sky Quiz, Live Orbits (orrery), telescope support, spoken pronunciation guidance, a half-million word Encyclopedia Astronomica, and concentrated searches embracing planets, comets, asteroids, DSOs, and up to 300,000 stars.

IC Capture.AS is authored by The Imaging Source and has been specifically designed for use with telescope cameras. The software ships with all the telescope cameras sold on the AstronomyCameras.com web site.

Maximize your chances of successful Fishing or Hunting using the next generation of Solunar Prediction Software.

For any day display Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, Transit, Moon/Sun direction, Twilight and other Solunar Information.

Also suitable for Astronomy, Gardening and Photography. Includes Weather Oracle which displays 10 days of weather forecasts in real-time.

Chronos Atomic Clock Synchronizer is a utility for people who need their computers to use exact time. The program
connects to various atomic clock timeservers and synchronizes your internal clock with time provided by these
servers. Key benefits: connects on many atomic clock time servers; you can add any time server needed; improved
algorithm to calculate differences between servers; calculates delays and synchronize on less than 0.1 seconds

Take a Virtual Reality Tour of the Planet Mars-3D. 4GB on DVD... Better than a movie, screensaver or books on Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn... Covers the years 2004-2007 of the MER Spirit Mission. Similar to 3D games. See many Martian panoramas from any angle, craters, mountains, rocks, 3D images, maps... VRPresents hobby software for people interested in astronomy, cosmos, solar system, space flights, galaxies, stars, nebulae, Milky Way Galaxy...

A program to convert between dates in various Chinese calendars and dates in the Gregorian and Julian calendars, and to find lunar new year's day and leap months for any year in the Chinese Calendar. Can list anniversaries of Chinese lunar dates such as birthdays. Supports 60-year, 60-month and 60-day cycles, includes Chinese names, and allows searching for dates and times of full moons, dark moons, solar terms, equinoxes, solstices and more.

A program to search for eclipses (lunar, solar, total, annular and umbral), to calculate the phase of the Moon at any given date and time and to convert between dates in the Gregorian and Julian calendars and dates in four lunar calendars (Goddess Lunar, Meyer-Palmen Solilunar, Hermetic Lunar Week and Liberalia Triday).

CyberSky is an accurate, yet easy-to-use planetarium program that provides an excellent way to learn about astronomy and explore the sky visible in the distant past, the present, and the far-off future. CyberSky can display and print attractive, highly-customizable maps of the sky as seen from your home, your favorite vacation spot, or any other location on the Earth.