Re: The Ubuntu Experiment

Agreed... good binoculars are a treat for the astronomer.

And... talking babies... same here. Mine's for October. Less time on the
computer... but waking up at 3AM has its merits... when you want to look
at the stars! :D

Gilles.

Dotan Cohen wrote:
I'd like to know what those features are. I love Stellarium, what am I
missing? Again, please write to the StarryNight devs! I will look into
that program.


- Direct pointing of my telescope to whatever object I want to watch
- Automatic download of ephemerids of satellites, comets, asteroids, so
that I know exactly when and what is in the sky
- Direct tapping to internet information sites when I click on objects
to get detailed information, including sky ephemerids
- A very extensive collection of educational media (videos, texts,
photos) that are accessible directly from the application which is great
for educating people
- An extremely vast catalog of sky objects going to over 10 light years
distance from earth, which enables very fancy "we are a dot in the
space" demo
- Very easily to access "extra solar system" views to show the planets
orbit around the earth in accelerated mode
- Zooming on objects to high (very high) resolution images, and then
extremely realistic models which continue to be animated even in zoomed
mode.

I could go on... Those are the main ones I use.




Thanks. I might see if I can give it a go in Wine. I don't even have a
telescope now, and with another baby on the way, I won't be buying one
anytime soon :( But there is plenty to see with the naked eye and a
small binocular.




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