03-20-2009, 10:56 PM
Mark EstepSite Recommendation for Casual Star Gazers?
Another good free program is Celestia.
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/More of a space tourist program. You can take a tour of the cosmos with it and check out all the planets & nebulae and such.
03-26-2009, 10:46 PM
RustyI can't believe I never posted
World Wide Telescope, a freebie from Microsoft.
Rusty
"StaRV II"'94 28' Breakaway: MilSpec AMG 6.5L TD 230HP
Nelson and Chester, not-spoiled Golden Retrievers
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not.
In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I've been searching thirty years to find her and thank her - W. C. Fields
03-27-2009, 08:03 AM
Jim and TereMark,
Did you ever live in charlotte,nc?
03-28-2009, 08:48 PM
RustySince the
Moon intrudes periodically on deep sky objects (DSOs), there's a decent freebie for Luna,
Virtual Moon Atlas. I'm not a Moon fan, being inclined towards the DSOs (a/k/a, "Dim Fuzzies")
Since most interesting Lunar objects are in easy reach of 7x or larger binoculars, it can be fun to observe. The angle of the Sun on the lunar landscape effects a change every day.
Rusty
"StaRV II"'94 28' Breakaway: MilSpec AMG 6.5L TD 230HP
Nelson and Chester, not-spoiled Golden Retrievers
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not.
In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I've been searching thirty years to find her and thank her - W. C. Fields
