Re: ATM astronomy software?

["Stan Kohut" <natsp@alltel.net>]

Check out home planet.
This is excelent software that is free, and it is as good or better than
some of the comercial software available.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/homeplanet.html
Stan
 http://www.geocities.com/natsp2000/index.html

>
> Hello to all,
> I am looking for a software package that will help me find objects in the
> sky.  I was involved many years ago with astronomy as a kid and I am now
> getting back into it with my children (3yr 6yr 9yr). So needless to say,
it
> has to be fairly easy so that my 9 yr old can follow along with me and
> explore as he learns.  We will then take the info out and try to find
things
> in the sky.  We have used star wheels, but I saw a demo of a software
> package that puts it in a back yard setting and tracks the stars and
planets
> as they move in real time.  Does anybody have any suggestions?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> charles
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