Software

  • GraphDark Richard Fleet's excellent tool which allows you to work out when an astronomical object will be visible from your location and when moonlight, twilight or low haze will affect its visibility. New version now available (v2.04) which features an improved sky display, including the Zodiacal light, plus meteor stream visibility
  • Planetarium Software A list of software available for all platforms. An excellent resource.
  • SkyMap Software Shareware planetarium and skymapping program.
  • MegaStar Sky Atlas
  • Software Bisque Various programs including TheSky for Mac/PC and handhelds.
  • Project Pluto Support for Guide a sky charting program.
  • Sienna Software Publish Starry Night for Macintosh and Windows 95/NT.
  • Deepsky 2000 Deepsky 2000 is a database, planner and logbook with many other features, all in one package.
  • SatSpy for Windows A computer program that opens the way to the world of satellite viewing.
  • Home Planet A comprehensive astronomy / space / satellite-tracking package.
  • Cartes du Ciel An excellent freeware planetarium program.
  • HNSky Another good freeware program.
  • LunarPhase LunarPhase is a utility for Win 95/98/NT which provides a range of information on the Moon and, to a lesser degree, the Sun.

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15th November 2008
7.00pm
Supernova Remnants
Owen Brazell
(Webb Society)

Images and description of remnants of stars that have destroyed themselves in the most explosive events in the Universe.

Followed by DIY evening where Reading AS members share their astronomy projects and techniques; software demonstrations and image processing clinic.

 

ASTRO BASICS
25th October 2008
7.00pm
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

 
highlights

Mercury
The innermost planet has its best morning apparition of 2008 in late October. Look for it low in the east before dawn, especially on the 27th October when a slender crescent Moon will be close by

Uranus & Neptune
The outer two planets are well placed for spotting during September and October. You can follow their daily movements using binoculars. Finder charts can be found at Sky & Telescope

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