Re:Astro: Planetarium Software

Kevin wrote:
What would anyone recommend for good, economical planetarium software? I am not looking for software for extensive planning for observing with a telescope, but one that gives really good, realistic looking renditions of the night sky, and has few software glitches. I was thinking about The Sky Six, but I don't want to buy it because they don't have a demo to try out.

In the past, I was disappointed by Starry Night because of computer OpenGL and compatibility problems, and I want to stay away from that one.

Kevin 


I have just installed stellarium (google to find) .
Its free ,looks nice and looks accurate.
You can switch skyglow ,surface visible/invisible,and a number
of other things.
Others are, Cartes du chiel,starchartgl,adastra,celestia.
(I hope i did not forget an important one.)
Al of these look usefull.
But i like the appearence of stellarium most, the view does
represent the look of the current sky very well(for me -)-)-) ).
.

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