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Your night sky

Discussion in 'Space Weather & Astronomy' started by grant, Nov 9, 2005.

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  1. grant Administrator

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    Here is a fantastic link to show you what can be seen in the sky at any given time from any given place. Your Sky

    Use the "skymap" and customise it to your location using lat/long (available from multimap or similar) and you are away. The choose your view to show planets, constellations, names etc :icon_excl
    grant, Nov 9, 2005
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  2. Zippy Strong Breeze

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    Hey that's pretty decent :icon_excl
    Zippy, Nov 10, 2005
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  3. Frederick Gentle Breeze

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    Yes this sky map is very good... the only problem is that there can be too much detail and you cant see the wood for the trees... but for a freebie its very good.
    Frederick, Mar 18, 2006
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  4. grant Administrator

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    you can adjust it to remove what you dont want to see Fred :jpshakehe
    grant, Mar 18, 2006
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  5. phastro Light Air

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    Great site, Thanks very much tamworth weather, but I think frederick is right, there is too much detail it should just show cloud - excuse my cynical sense of humour but how much longer before we get a really decent night. Happy observing to all, regards.
    phastro.
    phastro, Mar 26, 2006
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  6. grant Administrator

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    Its obviously a family trait :icon_smil
    grant, Mar 26, 2006
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  7. growden Newbie

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    Hello everyone I'm new to this Forum so I'm finding my way around.
    Another site you may care to look at is Heavens Above.com it is run by a Brit out of Germany & I can recommend it
    growden, Dec 4, 2006
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  8. grant Administrator

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    Thanks very much Growden, useful advice :thumbup:
    grant, Dec 4, 2006
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  9. Shardy Banned

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    Dude,

    "which way is UP" ?? :thumbup:
    Shardy, Dec 4, 2006
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  10. Astromanian Newbie

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    Hi,

    Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but there are a couple of free downloads that will give a very nice indication what you may see above your horizon on a clear night (In the UK - Yea Right!)

    Stellarium

    WorldWide Telescope

    Use the "Heavens Above" website to find your Lat/Long.

    Enjoy.

    Ian
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  11. lancer Gale

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    here's another one... Stellarium it's open source freeware and is really simple to use... yay for us simpletons!
    lancer, Nov 27, 2008
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  12. meteorsprite Gentle Breeze

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    There is another extremely good free software programme for the night sky "Cartes du Ciel" follow the link and browse around to see what you will get if you download from the top......Sky Charts, Free Astronomy software , Celestial atlas :( All the best Meteorsprite
    meteorsprite, Nov 29, 2008
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  13. Philip Bedford Severe Gale

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    Just discovered this Stellarium program.
    It came to me as a program on a 'free' dvd disc with a magazine.

    I thought it would be a game, but
    it is a genuine scientific program.

    Have a close-up view of saturns rings, or watch the sun set.

    You can download it for free from here: http://www.stellarium.org/

    It is actually useful for giving names to the stars you can see.

    ..
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  14. beteljuice [MVP] Applications

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    It's all black text on a purple background - I can't see what I'm doing (It's downloading 5 modules worth of star catalogues)

    Am I missing something in set up ?
    beteljuice, Jun 18, 2009
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  15. ATO2 Gentle Breeze

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    I have used Stellarium constantly. It is a great, open source program that (in my experience) runs better on Windows XP than on Linux.
    My only quibble is that I have to run it at 800 x 600 on this machine, otherwise it seems to "hiccup".:icon_cry:
    ATO2, Jun 19, 2009
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