RE: ATM astronomy software?

[Dave Sopchak <dsopchak@mac.com>]

I will third the recommendation on Starry Night- it has a lot of good 
stuff for starting astronomers, but it also has plenty of "guts".

One big advantage that Starry Night has for an ATM is that it has a 
great plug-in architecture, which allows those so motivated to extend 
the functionality of the program.
	I'm involved in a group right now that is working on a 
digital setting circle and scope drive system, and part of that 
system is a plug in for Starry Night, for now. It gives us access to 
a great user interface and database of objects and allows us to 
concentrate on our stuff.

There is a plug-in SDK available on their site, both mac and windoze versions.
	http://www.starrynight.com/en/technical_support.html


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