The most popular feature of LunaView 2000 is its simple to use "Point & Click" lunar globe. Mare labels, crater names, image maps with supporting text are simply one click away! The current phase of the moon can be seen in the remote control monitor window while rise and set times can viewed from a selection of capital cities around the world. There is also a detailed database referencing lunar surface features and history behind the names.
| NightCal is a simple, practical tool for basic observation session planning. It is designed to produce a monthly calendar telling you when it gets dark, when the Moon rises and sets and what the Moon should look like when it does make an appearance. It also provides data on the elongation of the inferior planets and a quick aide mémoire for planetary conjunctions. The calendar can be printed so that you can stick it on your notice board at home or in your observatory or it can be saved as a graphics file for inclusion in newsletters or for publishing on the web. Pode fazer o download gratuitamente aqui! |
Basic image processing or stacking program for use with CCDs, digital cameras or webcams. Free for personal use only.
This program presents a simple 3-color graph that tells, when a planet (or moon, sun) is visible from your location
Iris offers numerous and powerful functions of image processing in the field of the digital astronomical images. It is particularly optimized to exploit the images that come from CCD or DSLR cameras. Iris can load and save images in the formats FITS, PIC (proprietary format), raw or BMP.
O software inclui sumário e localizador dos planetas, calendário cesleste, além de um gerente de eventos astronómicos.
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
