On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:47:39 -0800, jps wrote:

On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Dudes.....

http://www.stellarium.org/

I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible.

And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional
programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good.

Amazing.

Probably missed the part where the developer suggests making a
donation to:

http://www.greenpeace.com/forms/gpicontr.html

No - I already sent the developer $50.

You, on the other hand, wouldn't pay a dime for it I'm sure.

Moron.

On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

Dudes.....

http://www.stellarium.org/

I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible.

And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional
programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good.

Amazing.

Want to check out those stars up close and personal? Check out Celestia.

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

It's another open source, "free" program. Then there's Kstars, but
you'ld have to run Linux to run that one.

On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Dudes.....

http://www.stellarium.org/

I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible.

And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional
programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good.

Amazing.

There's a portable version of this software available, too, that I've
been using for a while. I wasn't aware of this site, though. I had
downloaded the portable version from portableapps.com Thanks for the
link.

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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:23:23 -0500, Don White
wrote:

stp wrote:
On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
Dudes.....

http://www.stellarium.org/

I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible.

And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional
programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good.

Amazing.
Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky
with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be
Sirius..."
yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley.

ROTFL!!! Great minds think alike. :)

Well, i know i have a great mind, who else was thinking the same thing?

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder
wrote:

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in
quite a while.

On Jan 5, 10:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
Dudes.....

http://www.stellarium.org/

I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible.

And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional
programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good.

Amazing.

Holy cow, that's cool!

On Jan 6, 8:30*am, Loogypicker wrote:
On Jan 5, 10:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports

wrote:
Dudes.....

http://www.stellarium.org/

I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible.

And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional
programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good.

Amazing.

Holy cow, that's cool!

Thanks for the link Tom. Got my daughter a "GoScope" from Orion for
Christmas. It is a 70 mm short focal length refractor to be used on
camping trips. She is serious about looking at the stars.

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder
wrote:

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in
quite a while.
I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software.
How would you rate it against Stellarium?
If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page
up and page down.

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder
wrote:

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in
quite a while.
..
I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software.
How would you rate it against Stellarium?

Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing
software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet
fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do
like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like
the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I
like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for
just gazing.

I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my
Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle
flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of
graphics - in some ways it's better.

If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page
up and page down.

I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing
back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :)

I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough
to pay for it in my opinion.

"Don White" wrote in message
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stp wrote:
On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
Dudes.....

http://www.stellarium.org/

I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible.

And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional
programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good.

Amazing.

Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky
with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be
Sirius..."

yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley.



Looney...get a life!